Pottery Bank Community Centre Ltd

Analysis

Pottery Bank Community Centre Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in February 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08172955). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Pottery Bank Community Centre Ltd reported income of £223k and spending of £266k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £281k to £223k (-21%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Pottery Bank Community Centre Ltd sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Template Foundation (£223k), Cambridge Film Trust (£223k) and The Michael Marks Charitable Trust (£223k).