The Dudson Centre

Analysis

The Dudson Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stoke-On-Trent. It was registered in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03177091). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Dudson Centre reported income of £11k and spending of £46k, spending 413% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £51k to £11k (-78%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Dudson Centre sits at the 16th percentile: it is larger than about 16% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Onslow Almshouses (£11k), Theydon Garnon Refugee Fund (£11k) and Henry Medbury's Almshouse and Pension Charity (£11k).

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.