The Glade Centre

Analysis

The Glade Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridgwater. It was registered in June 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05148165). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Glade Centre reported income of £80k and spending of £82k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £30k to £80k (+165%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 228%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Glade Centre sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Halifax Minster (£79k), The Gibberd Garden Trust (£80k) and The British Cartographic Society (£79k).

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.