Walsall Wood Community Football Club

Analysis

Walsall Wood Community Football Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06888747). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Walsall Wood Community Football Club reported income of £263k and spending of £314k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2023, income grew from £116k to £263k (+128%), an average of +51% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 129%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Walsall Wood Community Football Club sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Milford Pre-School Plus Ltd (£263k), City of Bristol Rowing Club (£264k) and Seaton Carew Community and Sports Club (£263k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.