Ray Gray Centre

Analysis

Ray Gray Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ray Gray Centre reported income of £19k and spending of £21k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £16k to £19k (+17%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Ray Gray Centre sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thringstone Miners Social Centre (£19k), Collingham Scout & Guide Headquarters Management Association (£19k) and Teignmouth Eastcliff Community Company Limited (£19k).