Elmstead Community Centre

Analysis

Elmstead Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in March 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Elmstead Community Centre reported income of £27k and spending of £7,062, leaving 74% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £28k to £27k (-3.8%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 29% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Elmstead Community Centre sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barby Village Hall (£27k), Blyth Cricket Club, Nottinghamshire (£27k) and St Luke's Club Overton (£27k).