Holywell Leisure Centre/Canolfan Hamdden Treffynnon

Analysis

Holywell Leisure Centre/Canolfan Hamdden Treffynnon is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Holywell. It was registered in December 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 and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Holywell Leisure Centre/Canolfan Hamdden Treffynnon reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.2m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £699k to £1.1m (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Holywell Leisure Centre/Canolfan Hamdden Treffynnon sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dame Kelly Holmes Trust (£1.0m), YMCA South Devon (£1.1m) and Greater London Middlesex West County Scout Council (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 78%, donations and legacies 20% and investments 2.9%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £448k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.

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.