Ambleside Parish Centre

Analysis

Ambleside Parish Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ambleside. It was registered in February 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07640743). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ambleside Parish Centre reported income of £121k and spending of £193k, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £180k to £121k (-33%), an average of -9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 129% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ambleside Parish Centre sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The British Society for Parasitology (£121k), The Eifion Trust (£122k) and Help for Health (£121k).

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.