Wearside Bridge Club

Analysis

Wearside Bridge Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sunderland. It was registered in February 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and other charitable purposes, 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 advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Wearside Bridge Club reported income of £38k and spending of £32k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £15k to £38k (+147%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wearside Bridge Club sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fletching Recreation Ground (£38k), Boston Unit 602 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£38k) and Masham Sports Association (£38k).