Westgate Community Trust (Canterbury) Ltd

Analysis

Westgate Community Trust (Canterbury) Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Canterbury. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07867225). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Westgate Community Trust (Canterbury) Ltd reported income of £275k and spending of £311k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £124k to £275k (+122%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 119%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Westgate Community Trust (Canterbury) Ltd sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arts for Life Project (UK) (£275k), Afonydd Cymru Cyfyngedig (£275k) and The Anne Dyer Foundation (£275k).

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.