The Columba Centre

Analysis

The Columba Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in November 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2024, The Columba Centre reported income of £17k and spending of £12k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income fell from £27k to £17k (-38%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Columba Centre sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Colchester and District Talking Newspaper (£17k), World Sikh Aid (£17k) and A Platform to Talk (£17k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.