Penshaw Community Association

Analysis

Penshaw Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Houghton Le Spring. It was registered in September 1966, 60 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 human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Penshaw Community Association reported income of £20k and spending of £26k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £17k to £20k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Penshaw Community Association sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Silver Jubilee Hall (£20k), Porthallow Village Association (£20k) and The Friends of Great Chesterford Primary Academy (£20k).