Choppington Social Welfare Centre

Analysis

Choppington Social Welfare Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Choppington. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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 March 2025, Choppington Social Welfare Centre reported income of £42k and spending of £94k, spending 224% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £95k to £42k (-56%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 161% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Choppington Social Welfare Centre sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% 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 Peter Lauer Foundation (£42k), Archangel Michael & Saint Mina Coptic Orthodox Church (£42k) and Big Up Communities (£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.