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Dunston Activity Centre

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1171390GatesheadHealth and saving lives
Income£234k2025-06-30
Spending£233ksame year
Spent / received98%5-year average
Size in its cause74th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2017Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Dunston Activity Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gateshead. It was registered in January 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10213452). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Dunston Activity Centre reported income of £234k and spending of £233k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £226k to £234k (+3.5%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Dunston Activity Centre sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Borehamwood Foodbank (£234k), GT Yarmouth and Gorleston Young Carers (£234k) and The Abaseen Foundation U.k. (£234k).

Income and spending

£0£78k£155k£233k£310k2021 Income: £225,7372021 Spending: £176,34420212022 Income: £297,6292022 Spending: £295,77520222023 Income: £233,4462023 Spending: £281,97720232024 Income: £310,0202024 Spending: £289,66020242025 Income: £233,6582025 Spending: £232,8682025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

WE RUN A LEISURE CENTER ASSET TRANSFERED TO US BY THE LOCAL COUNCIL.WE RUN A VARIETY OF FREE ACTIVITIES FOR THE LOCAL PEOPLE IN OUR AREA AND LOOK TO IMPROVING THEIR LIFE STYLE CHOICES.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Borehamwood FoodbankBorehamwood£234k
GT Yarmouth and Gorleston Young CarersGreat Yarmouth£234k
The Abaseen Foundation U.k.Lancaster£234k
Abu Faisal TrustBlackburn£234k