The Ahoy Centre

Analysis

The Ahoy Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04045198). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Ahoy Centre reported income of £549k and spending of £617k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £602k to £549k (-8.7%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Ahoy Centre sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dacon Trust Limited (£549k), Myvision Oxfordshire (£550k) and Tamworth Amateur Boxing Club (£547k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 80%, charitable activities 9.3%, trading 8.4% and investments 1.7%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 9.3%. Reserves of £816k would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 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.