East Bedlington Community Centre

Analysis

East Bedlington Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northumberland. It was registered in February 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, East Bedlington Community Centre reported income of £72k and spending of £134k, spending 186% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £58k to £72k (+23%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 175% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, East Bedlington Community Centre sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The H P Dugdale Foundation (£72k), UK Friends of Unique Home (Punjab) (£72k) and Free the Child (£72k).

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.