Charles Booth Centre
Analysis
Charles Booth Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coalville. It was registered in May 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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, Charles Booth Centre reported income of £156k and spending of £184k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £101k to £156k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.
Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Charles Booth Centre sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cricket Builds Hope (£156k), Aylsham Recreation Ground (£157k) and Llanfoist Village Hall (£156k).
Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
Run a Community Centre to provide facilities for recreation and leisure time occupation for the benefit of the inhabitants of Thringstone and the surrounding area without distinction of sex, age, disability, nationality, political or religious beliefs who have need of such facilities, or for the public at large, in the interests of the social welfare of the said inhabitants.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Cricket Builds Hope | Surrey | £156k |
| Aylsham Recreation Ground | Norfolk | £157k |
| Llanfoist Village Hall | Abergavenny | £156k |
| North Shields Polytechnic Club | Tyne And Wear | £157k |