The Panjabi Centre Ltd

Analysis

The Panjabi Centre Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in November 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03387854). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Panjabi Centre Ltd reported income of £135k and spending of £197k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £177k to £135k (-24%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 123% 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, The Panjabi Centre Ltd 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 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Stephenson James Charitable Trust (£135k), The Production Exchange Limited (£135k) and CP Learning Trust (£134k).

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.