Horden Youth and Community Centre

Analysis

Horden Youth and Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in May 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06465699). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Horden Youth and Community Centre reported income of £124k and spending of £163k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income fell from £320k to £124k (-61%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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, Horden Youth and Community Centre sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dringhouses (P.c.) Scout Group (£124k), Dacorum Heritage Trust Ltd (£124k) and Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway Supporters Association (£124k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.