Oakwood Community Centre

Analysis

Oakwood Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derby. It was registered in May 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Oakwood Community Centre reported income of £36k and spending of £23k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £25k to £36k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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, Oakwood Community Centre sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Lancashire County Ensembles (£36k), Grosvenor Light Opera Company (£36k) and Akhtamar Armenian Performance Group (£36k).