Hirwaun Community Centre

Analysis

Hirwaun Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aberdare. It was registered in June 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hirwaun Community Centre reported income of £16k and spending of £14k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £31k to £16k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Hirwaun Community Centre sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Evans Public Hall (£16k), Stoulton Village Hall (£16k) and The Sheppey Heritage Trust Limited (£16k).