Stobswood Miners' Welfare Recreation Centre

Analysis

Stobswood Miners' Welfare Recreation Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Morpeth. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stobswood Miners' Welfare Recreation Centre reported income of £27k and spending of £28k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £56k to £27k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Stobswood Miners' Welfare Recreation Centre sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The St George's Recreation Ground and Public Hall (£27k), Birdwell Community Association (£27k) and Ipswich BMX Club (£27k).

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.