The Avenue Child Contact Centre

Analysis

The Avenue Child Contact Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Westcliff-On-Sea. It was registered in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Avenue Child Contact Centre reported income of £12k and spending of £16k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £13k to £12k (-11%), an average of -2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Avenue Child Contact Centre sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include City of Wells Lions Club (CIO) (£12k), The Friends of the John Wesley School (£12k) and Gildersome Primary School Parent Teacher Association (£12k).

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.