Brookside Out of School Care Club

Analysis

Brookside Out of School Care Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Clitheroe. It was registered in November 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Brookside Out of School Care Club reported income of £191k and spending of £195k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £117k to £191k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Brookside Out of School Care Club sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 Vincent's Appeal Trust Company (£191k), Midland Canoe Club (£191k) and Islington Boat Club (£190k).