Castlemere Community Centre

Analysis

Castlemere Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rochdale. It was registered in March 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03887534). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Castlemere Community Centre reported income of £120k and spending of £109k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £60k to £120k (+99%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Castlemere Community Centre sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Behrens Foundation (£120k), The Pipa Foundation (£120k) and Shapeshifter Productions Ltd (£120k).