Kirkgate Community Centre

Analysis

Kirkgate Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in June 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06533778). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kirkgate Community Centre reported income of £132k and spending of £177k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £176k to £132k (-25%), an average of -6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Kirkgate Community Centre sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sail (£132k), 1st Winlaton Scout Group (£132k) and Maidenhead Cycle Hub (£132k).

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.