Blennerhasset Social and Educational Centre

Analysis

Blennerhasset Social and Educational Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in January 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Blennerhasset Social and Educational Centre reported income of £10k and spending of £7,155, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £12k to £10k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 125% 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, Blennerhasset Social and Educational Centre sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bardwell Village Hall (£10k), Devon and Cornwall Record Society (£10k) and The Ted Lewis Centre (£10k).