Woodsmoke Group

Analysis

Woodsmoke Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sunderland. It was registered in January 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Woodsmoke Group reported income of £13k and spending of £18k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,344 to £13k (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Woodsmoke Group sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Dalby Forest (£13k), Sywell Village Hall (£13k) and Whilton Village Hall (£13k).