Batley Community Outreach Centre

Analysis

Batley Community Outreach Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in February 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Batley Community Outreach Centre reported income of £36k and spending of £44k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income fell from £42k to £36k (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Batley Community Outreach Centre sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alleyn Benevolent Fund (£36k), East 13 Christian Trust (£36k) and Christ Tabernacle - People Who Care (£36k).

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.