Abbey Fields Community Centre

Analysis

Abbey Fields Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Abbey Fields Community Centre reported income of £35k and spending of £39k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £30k to £35k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Abbey Fields Community Centre sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spirit of Peace (£35k), Trinidad and Tobago Association (UK) (£35k) and Woodbury Village Hall (£35k).

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.