The Castelnau Centre Project

Analysis

The Castelnau Centre Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03305114). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Castelnau Centre Project reported income of £286k and spending of £287k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £211k to £286k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Castelnau Centre Project sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Boston Woods Trust (£286k), Firth Park (£287k) and Northampton District Scout Council (£285k).

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.