Ocean Road Centre

Analysis

Ocean Road Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Shields. It was registered in May 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and recreation, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10714067). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ocean Road Centre reported income of £1.9m and spending of £404k, leaving 79% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £220k to £1.9m (+758%), an average of +71% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 431%. Over the whole period it spent 43% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Ocean Road Centre sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Promo - Cymru (£1.9m), The Powell Family Foundation (£1.9m) and Gateway to Fma Limited (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85%, charitable activities 8.4% and trading 6.1%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £356k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.