The Belah Centre

Analysis

The Belah Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in May 2014, 12 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Belah Centre reported income of £41k and spending of £63k, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £44k to £41k (-8.4%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 140% 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, The Belah Centre sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kaye Pemberton Charitable Trust (£41k), Reading Operatic Society (£41k) and Queenspark Books (£41k).

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.