Cornerstone Community Centre (Hove)

Analysis

Cornerstone Community Centre (Hove) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hove. It was registered in August 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02781672). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Cornerstone Community Centre (Hove) reported income of £100k and spending of £124k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £72k to £100k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Cornerstone Community Centre (Hove) sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grange Villa Community Enterprise (£100k), New London Educational Trust (£101k) and The Royal Yacht Squadron Isle of Wight Foundation (£100k).

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.