Ilkley Community Enterprise Ltd

Analysis

Ilkley Community Enterprise Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in April 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08259045). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ilkley Community Enterprise Ltd reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.7m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £473k to £1.7m (+265%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Ilkley Community Enterprise Ltd sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Poundland Foundation (£1.7m), Hammersmith and Fulham Citizens Advice Bureaux Service (£1.7m) and Chapel & York UK Foundation Limited (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and donations and legacies 6.4%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £120k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 59 people.