The Dracaena Centre Ltd

Analysis

The Dracaena Centre Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in October 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05237220). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Dracaena Centre Ltd reported income of £258k and spending of £499k, spending 194% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £353k to £258k (-27%), an average of -7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Dracaena Centre Ltd sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Join Project (£258k), East Surrey Dial-A-Ride (£258k) and Isleworth Explorers Club (£257k).

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.