Whickham Community Centre

Analysis

Whickham Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Whickham Community Centre reported income of £39k and spending of £31k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £40k to £39k (-2.3%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Whickham Community Centre sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Congleton Communicare (£39k), Samaritans Milton Keynes (£39k) and The Rifles Officers' Fund (£39k).