Charlies Beach Hut

Analysis

Charlies Beach Hut is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in October 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 trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Charlies Beach Hut reported income of £24k and spending of £34k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income fell from £38k to £24k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, Charlies Beach Hut sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Chichester Hall (£24k), The Blunt Trust (£24k) and Broadhembury Community Centre CIO (£24k).

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.