Wigan and Leigh Community Charity

Analysis

Wigan and Leigh Community Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wigan. It was registered in October 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 company (Companies House number 08528548). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wigan and Leigh Community Charity reported income of £275k and spending of £312k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £245k to £275k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 39%. 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, Wigan and Leigh Community Charity sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Weymouth Sailing Club CIO (£275k), Community Action Sport (£276k) and Friends of Victoria Park, Stretford (£274k).