Colehill and Wimborne Youth and Community Centre

Analysis

Colehill and Wimborne Youth and Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wimborne. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05928187). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Colehill and Wimborne Youth and Community Centre reported income of £84k and spending of £117k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £40k to £84k (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 123% 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, Colehill and Wimborne Youth and Community Centre sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ware Drill Hall Association Limited (£84k), South Wales Aviation Museum (£84k) and Norwegian Church Cardiff Bay (£84k).

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.