Lye Community Centre

Analysis

Lye Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stourbridge. It was registered in October 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lye Community Centre reported income of £47k and spending of £34k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £11k to £47k (+327%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 2179%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lye Community Centre sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Glorious Kingdom Church (£47k), Hampden Chapel (£47k) and Pursue (£47k).