Gilesgate Community and Welfare Association

Analysis

Gilesgate Community and Welfare Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham City. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Gilesgate Community and Welfare Association reported income of £76k and spending of £73k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £76k to £76k (-1.2%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Gilesgate Community and Welfare Association sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ride2success (£75k), London Colney Islamic Centre (£76k) and T.e.a.ms (£75k).