Harrogate Skills 4 Living Centre

Analysis

Harrogate Skills 4 Living Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrogate. It was registered in October 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07219977). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Harrogate Skills 4 Living Centre reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.8m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £2.6m (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Harrogate Skills 4 Living Centre sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Resources for Autism (£2.6m), Betknowmore UK (£2.6m) and Thorner's Homes (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £80k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 90 people.

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.