Canterbury Umbrella

Analysis

Canterbury Umbrella is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Canterbury. It was registered in September 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07990220). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Canterbury Umbrella reported income of £109k and spending of £185k, spending 169% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £171k to £109k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 147% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Canterbury Umbrella sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Safe International (£109k), The Bubble Foundation UK (£110k) and Dawoodi Bohra Welfare Society in Great Britain (£109k).

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.