The Arthur Rank Centre

Analysis

The Arthur Rank Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barford. It was registered in June 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04917066). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Arthur Rank Centre reported income of £64k and spending of £124k, spending 195% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £92k to £64k (-31%), an average of -8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 318% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Arthur Rank Centre sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Centre 4 Renewal (£64k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Newchurch, Culcheth. (Diocese of Liverpool.) (£64k) and Lapworth Community Church (£64k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.