The St Elphin's Community Centre Association

Analysis

The St Elphin's Community Centre Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warrington. It was registered in November 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The St Elphin's Community Centre Association reported income of £12k and spending of £11k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1,980 to £12k (+517%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 291%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The St Elphin's Community Centre Association sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Samlesbury Young Farmers Club (£12k), Skelmersdale & West Lancs District Unit 601 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£12k) and Tintagel Surf Life Saving Club (£12k).