Colombo Street Community and Sports Centre

Analysis

Colombo Street Community and Sports Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01933656). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Colombo Street Community and Sports Centre reported income of £667k and spending of £588k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £258k to £667k (+158%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Colombo Street Community and Sports Centre sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Adventure Sunderland Ltd (£666k), Hampton Pool Trust (£668k) and The Nell Bank Charitable Trust (£665k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 72%, donations and legacies 15% and trading 11%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £539k would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.