The E C Roberts Centre

Analysis

The E C Roberts Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in December 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03346119). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The E C Roberts Centre reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.2m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.6m to £1.0m (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The E C Roberts Centre sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Soimech Noiflim (£1.0m), Barkantine Community Nursery (£1.0m) and Revivall (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89%, donations and legacies 7.9% and investments 2.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £5,000. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 3.5%. Reserves of £579k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 36 people.

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.