Carlisle One World Centre

Analysis

Carlisle One World Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in October 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04171758). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Carlisle One World Centre reported income of £35k and spending of £63k, spending 182% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £32k to £35k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 312%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Carlisle One World Centre sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Strathspey Charitable Trust (£35k), Sea Palling with Waxham Community Trust (£35k) and Whitehaven Bangladeshi Welfare Association (£35k).