Lancaster Boys and Girls Club

Analysis

Lancaster Boys and Girls Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in September 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lancaster Boys and Girls Club reported income of £93k and spending of £119k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £90k to £93k (+3.8%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lancaster Boys and Girls Club sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lutterworth Town Estate (£93k), The Kathleen Laurence Trust (£93k) and The Isle of Wight Prostate Cancer Support Group (£93k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.