Forest Community Centre (Melksham)

Analysis

Forest Community Centre (Melksham) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Melksham. It was registered in September 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Forest Community Centre (Melksham) reported income of £128k and spending of £132k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £22k to £128k (+479%), an average of +55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 124%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Forest Community Centre (Melksham) sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Henry Dancer Days (£128k), Water for Kids (£128k) and Sos Education Organisation (£128k).