Barkingside Disability Thursday Club

Analysis

Barkingside Disability Thursday Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in December 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and recreation, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Barkingside Disability Thursday Club reported income of £14k and spending of £33k, spending 229% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £20k to £14k (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Barkingside Disability Thursday Club sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include King's Lynn Debt Centre (£14k), Illiyeen Foundation (£14k) and Goginan Community Association (£14k).

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.