Fryston Colliery Welfare Recreation Club

Analysis

Fryston Colliery Welfare Recreation Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Castleford. It was registered in May 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Fryston Colliery Welfare Recreation Club reported income of £32k and spending of £39k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £31k to £32k (+2.1%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Fryston Colliery Welfare Recreation Club sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Larkhill Centre Community Association (£32k), The a C H Crisford Charitable Foundation (£32k) and The Dorothy Evelyn Stone Will Trust (£32k).

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.