Elswick Community Pool and Leisure Centre CIO

Analysis

Elswick Community Pool and Leisure Centre CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in August 2017, 9 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 August 2025, Elswick Community Pool and Leisure Centre CIO reported income of £796k and spending of £867k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £554k to £796k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Elswick Community Pool and Leisure Centre CIO 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Royal Air Force Winter Sports Alpine Association (£795k), Leeds Children's Charity at Lineham Farm (£798k) and Onsite Building Trust (£786k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £371k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 41 people.