Kent & Medway Biological Records Centre

Analysis

Kent & Medway Biological Records Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Faversham. It was registered in June 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04750979). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kent & Medway Biological Records Centre reported income of £198k and spending of £171k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £168k to £198k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Kent & Medway Biological Records 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 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bletchley Youth Centre (£198k), Sporting Penistone (£198k) and Bedwellty House and Park (£198k).