Whitstable Umbrella Community Support Centre

Analysis

Whitstable Umbrella Community Support Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in June 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04290447). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Whitstable Umbrella Community Support Centre reported income of £240k and spending of £201k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £151k to £240k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Whitstable Umbrella Community Support Centre sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Exmouth Chapel (£240k), Lawrence Weston Community Farm (£240k) and Brains Matter Charity (£239k).