The Parr Sports and Community Centre

Analysis

The Parr Sports and Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Helens. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Parr Sports and Community Centre reported income of £45k and spending of £46k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £110k to £45k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Parr Sports and Community Centre sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Llanelli (£45k), Student Health Association (£45k) and Worcester Samaritans (£45k).