Sparcs

Analysis

Sparcs is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tyne And Wear. It was registered in January 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sparcs reported income of £21k and spending of £22k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income fell from £24k to £21k (-9.8%), an average of -3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Sparcs sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jubilation Action Group (£21k), United Welfare Aid (£21k) and Loddon and District Day Centre (£21k).

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.