Seaham Youth Centre

Analysis

Seaham Youth Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Seaham. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, 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 and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Seaham Youth Centre reported income of £134k and spending of £130k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £64k to £134k (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 190%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Seaham Youth Centre sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bethwin Road Neighbourhood Playground Association (£134k), Leicestershire County Federation of Young Farmers Clubs (£134k) and 1st Apsley Scout Group (£134k).