Ashbrook Centre

Analysis

Ashbrook Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derby. It was registered in April 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ashbrook Centre reported income of £21k and spending of £36k, spending 168% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,600 to £21k (+715%), an average of +69% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 591%. Over the whole period it spent 488% 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, Ashbrook 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 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heatons-Reddish Group U3a (£21k), AndPiano (£21k) and The Compton Village Hall (£21k).