Horsebridge Arts and Community Centre

Analysis

Horsebridge Arts and Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whitstable. It was registered in September 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04727071). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Horsebridge Arts and Community Centre reported income of £233k and spending of £248k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £309k to £233k (-25%), an average of -6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Horsebridge Arts and Community Centre sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% 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 Wren Music (£233k), The William Morris Society (£233k) and Japan Matsuri (£233k).