Children's Summer Club

Analysis

Children's Summer Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnstaple. It was registered in February 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Children's Summer Club reported income of £21k and spending of £26k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £12k to £21k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Children's Summer Club sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sussex Sailability (£21k), Hammond Memorial Hall Trust (£21k) and Bentley Social Welfare Centre and Recreation Ground (£21k).