Merlins Bridge Welfare Centre

Analysis

Merlins Bridge Welfare Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Haverfordwest. It was registered in February 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Merlins Bridge Welfare Centre reported income of £22k and spending of £21k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £19k to £22k (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 107%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Merlins Bridge Welfare Centre sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Torfaen Unit 508 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£22k), Swineshead Village Hall (£22k) and 7th Littlehampton Air Scout Group (£21k).