Hamsterley and Low Westwood Community Association

Analysis

Hamsterley and Low Westwood Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in March 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hamsterley and Low Westwood Community Association reported income of £256k and spending of £253k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income grew from £38k to £256k (+568%), an average of +158% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 789%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Hamsterley and Low Westwood Community Association sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Frinton-On-Sea Cricket Club (£255k), Chester Le Street United Foundation (£256k) and City of Bristol Rowing Club (£255k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.