The Baggeridge Social Welfare Centre

Analysis

The Baggeridge Social Welfare Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dudley. It was registered in March 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending January 2026, The Baggeridge Social Welfare Centre reported income of £80k and spending of £76k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £73k to £80k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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 Baggeridge Social Welfare Centre sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Herts Hockey Club (£80k), Grayshott Cricket Club (£81k) and Homer Hill Recreation Ground Trust (£80k).