Wem Senior Club

Analysis

Wem Senior Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in August 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Wem Senior Club reported income of £13k and spending of £14k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £580 to £13k (+2104%), an average of +117% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 1489%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wem Senior Club sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beaminster Cricket Club (£13k), The Master's House, Braithwell (£13k) and Alfrick and Lulsley Village Hall (£13k).

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.