Hawthorn Tree Community Children's Centre

Analysis

Hawthorn Tree Community Children's Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Boston. It was registered in May 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09351488). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hawthorn Tree Community Children's Centre reported income of £677k and spending of £607k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £375k to £677k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Hawthorn Tree Community Children's Centre sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1851 Marine Trust (£671k), Coram's Fields Sports and Recreation (£678k) and The London Sports Trust (£669k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 22 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.