Northcliffe Allotment Society

Analysis

Northcliffe Allotment Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shipley. It was registered in September 2019, 7 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 March 2025, Northcliffe Allotment Society reported income of £17k and spending of £26k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £16k to £17k (+6.2%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Northcliffe Allotment Society sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bamford with Thornhill Recreation Ground CIO (£17k), Upottery Playing Fields (£17k) and Friends of Halton School Association (£17k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.