Cumbria Development Education Centre

Analysis

Cumbria Development Education Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in April 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, 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 services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cumbria Development Education Centre reported income of £240k and spending of £261k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £232k to £240k (+3.4%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Cumbria Development Education Centre sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Phoenix Youth Project (£240k), Furniture History Society (£240k) and The Island Collection (£240k).