Wideopen and North Gosforth Association

Analysis

Wideopen and North Gosforth Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in November 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Wideopen and North Gosforth Association reported income of £28k and spending of £33k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £27k to £28k (+5.9%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wideopen and North Gosforth Association sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Medical Aid (UK) (£28k), Grainger Park (£28k) and The Warshaw Family Charitable Trust (£28k).