Florence Colliery Social Welfare Centre

Analysis

Florence Colliery Social Welfare Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stoke on Trent. It was registered in June 1962, 64 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 provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Florence Colliery Social Welfare Centre reported income of £367k and spending of £354k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £165k to £367k (+122%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Florence Colliery Social Welfare Centre sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxford Sail Training Trust (£366k), Hayling Island Community Centre Association CIO (£368k) and The Radlett Lawn Tennis and Squash Club (£366k).