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Nine Locks Community Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 517933Brierley HillChildren and youth development
Income£24k2025-03-31
Spending£14ksame year
Spent / received82%5-year average
Size in its cause68th pctChildren and youth development
Registered1986Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Nine Locks Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brierley Hill. It was registered in September 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Nine Locks Community Association reported income of £24k and spending of £14k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12k to £24k (+99%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Nine Locks Community Association sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Goonhavern and District Community Centre (£24k), 1st Ightham Scout Group (£24k) and The Schuldenfrei Family Charitable Trust (£24k).

Income and spending

£0£7,421£15k£22k£30k2021 Income: £12,1362021 Spending: £29,68420212022 Income: £10,3722022 Spending: £8,58820222023 Income: £20,1072023 Spending: £10,90520232024 Income: £24,6882024 Spending: £12,13320242025 Income: £24,1552025 Spending: £14,1542025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

A Community Centre providing the following groups:- Fibromyalgia Support Group, Art for over 50's, Children's Dance Classes, Sequence Dances, Tea Dances, Indoor Bowling, Slimming World, Pilates, Swing Dance Classes, Christian Fellowship Meetings, Keep Fit Classes, Karate Classes, Urban Dance Classes. Hall available for casual hire.

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The Goonhavern and District Community CentreCornwall£24k
1st Ightham Scout GroupKent£24k
The Schuldenfrei Family Charitable TrustLondon£24k
Castor and Ailsworth Village HallPeterborough£24k