The Meridian Centre Withernsea CIO

Analysis

The Meridian Centre Withernsea CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Withernsea. It was registered in April 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Meridian Centre Withernsea CIO reported income of £21k and spending of £23k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £40k to £21k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, The Meridian Centre Withernsea CIO sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crop Innovations CIO (£21k), The Andover U3a (£21k) and The Holly Tree Club (£21k).

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.