Kidsgrove Sports Centre Community Group

Analysis

Kidsgrove Sports Centre Community Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staffordshire. It was registered in October 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, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Kidsgrove Sports Centre Community Group reported income of £1.1m and spending of £908k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £12k to £1.1m (+8825%), an average of +207% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 3258%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Kidsgrove Sports Centre Community Group 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 YMCA South Devon (£1.1m), The Royal Veterinary College Students' Union (£1.1m) and Holywell Leisure Centre/Canolfan Hamdden Treffynnon (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 98% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 34% of spending and raising funds 64%. Reserves of £548k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.