South Hill Centre

Analysis

South Hill Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hemel Hempstead. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05046531). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, South Hill Centre reported income of £505k and spending of £568k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £472k to £505k (+7.0%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, South Hill Centre sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 Association for Mathematics in Education (£505k), Ashurst Pre-School (£505k) and Stepping Stones Childcare (Cornwall) (£502k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 73%, charitable activities 24% and trading 2.2%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £169k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.