The Central Amenities Fund, HMS Drake

Analysis

The Central Amenities Fund, HMS Drake is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in April 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Central Amenities Fund, HMS Drake reported income of £138k and spending of £109k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £79k to £138k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Central Amenities Fund, HMS Drake sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Beth Johnson Endowment (£136k), Health Sciences University Students' Union (£138k) and Warrant Officer's & Snco's Mess RAF Cranwell (£136k).