Longwood Gardens Community Centre (LCC)

Analysis

Longwood Gardens Community Centre (LCC) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Clayhall. It was registered in December 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, 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, Longwood Gardens Community Centre (LCC) reported income of £339k and spending of £17k, leaving 95% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £290k to £339k (+17%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 183%. Over the whole period it spent 5.1% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Longwood Gardens Community Centre (LCC) sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oscar India (£337k), Birkenhead Community Development Committee (£339k) and Littleport Leisure Community Centre (£336k).