Standish Community Centre

Analysis

Standish Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wigan. It was registered in May 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Standish Community Centre reported income of £15k and spending of £22k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £24k to £15k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Standish Community Centre sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Football League Jubilee Benevolent Fund (£15k), New Forest Keepers Widows Fund (£15k) and Sudbury Freemen's Trust (£15k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.