The Emerald Centre

Analysis

The Emerald Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in May 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06028027). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Emerald Centre reported income of £153k and spending of £200k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £428k to £153k (-64%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Emerald Centre sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boingboing Foundation (£153k), Afpa Trust (£153k) and Xtrax (Hastings and Rother) (£153k).

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.