Darwen Old Peoples Welfare Association

Analysis

Darwen Old Peoples Welfare Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Darwen. It was registered in November 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Darwen Old Peoples Welfare Association reported income of £254k and spending of £234k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £164k to £254k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Darwen Old Peoples Welfare 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 Oxfordshire County Scout Council (£254k), Royal Tunbridge Wells District Scout Council (£255k) and Blackhall Community Association (£253k).