The Blaby and District Social Centre

Analysis

The Blaby and District Social Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in July 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, recreation and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Blaby and District Social Centre reported income of £42k and spending of £70k, spending 168% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £206k to £42k (-80%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Blaby and District Social Centre sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wheathampstead U3a (£42k), St Marks Institute Trust (£42k) and 16th Morecambe and Heysham Scout Group (£42k).

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.