Mount Batten Centre Charity Trust

Analysis

Mount Batten Centre Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in December 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Mount Batten Centre Charity Trust reported income of £987k and spending of £977k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £701k to £987k (+41%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mount Batten Centre Charity Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Active Dorset (£987k), West London Centre for Counselling (£987k) and Support2achieve (£986k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 60% and charitable activities 32%. Charitable activities took 55% of spending and raising funds 42%. Reserves of £316k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.