Centre for Community Development

Analysis

Centre for Community Development is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in May 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Centre for Community Development reported income of £59k and spending of £80k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £63k to £59k (-5.5%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Centre for Community Development sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hayat Trust (£59k), The Thoresby Charitable Trust (£59k) and The Brelms Trust CIO (£59k).