Chorley Bowmen

Analysis

Chorley Bowmen is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in February 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Chorley Bowmen reported income of £16k and spending of £14k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £4,720 to £16k (+234%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 136%. Over the whole period it spent 147% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Chorley Bowmen sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hamble United Football Club (£16k), 1st Park Street Scout Group (£16k) and 1st Huntington (All Saints) Scout Group (£16k).