Park Lane Centre

Analysis

Park Lane Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in May 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04992631). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Park Lane Centre reported income of £359k and spending of £375k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £421k to £359k (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Park Lane Centre sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Beis Nadvorne Charitable Trust (£359k), Lightforce International (£360k) and The A. H. Trust (£359k).

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.