Woodhouse Close Church Community Centre

Analysis

Woodhouse Close Church Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bishop Auckland. It was registered in August 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Woodhouse Close Church Community Centre reported income of £191k and spending of £193k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £156k to £191k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Woodhouse Close Church Community Centre sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gateway Fareham LTD (£191k), The Chartwell Children's Cancer Trust CIO (£191k) and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia Support Association Uk(Cllsa) (£191k).