Wrights Meadow Centre

Analysis

Wrights Meadow Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in May 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 company (Companies House number 08224725). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2024, Wrights Meadow Centre reported income of £130k and spending of £144k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2024, income grew from £47k to £130k (+177%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 121% 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, Wrights Meadow Centre sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Saddleworth Museum (£130k), Halifax Thespians (£130k) and 4th Bramshill (Hartley Wintney) Scout Group (£130k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.