The Water Adventure Centre

Analysis

The Water Adventure Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Droylsden. It was registered in December 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Water Adventure Centre reported income of £107k and spending of £191k, spending 179% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £166k to £107k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Water Adventure Centre sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reachacross International (£107k), Alive City Church UK (£107k) and Kosov Congregation (£106k).

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.