The Guildford Waterside Centre

Analysis

The Guildford Waterside Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Guildford Waterside Centre reported income of £89k and spending of £72k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £340k to £89k (-74%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Guildford Waterside Centre sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Knighton and District Community Support (£89k), Llanddulas Youth Club (£90k) and Friend in Deed (£89k).