Creative Living Centre

Analysis

Creative Living Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03442518). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Creative Living Centre reported income of £452k and spending of £443k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £339k to £452k (+33%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Creative Living Centre sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age Concern Southend-On-Sea CIO (£451k), Family Support Link (£452k) and The Scientific and Medical Network (£451k).