Green Lane Community Centre

Analysis

Green Lane Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in October 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, religious activities and recreation, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09853168). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Green Lane Community Centre reported income of £677k and spending of £427k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £345k to £677k (+96%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Green Lane Community Centre sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens Advice Bureau Tendring (£676k), Centre of Sign-Sight-Sound (Y Ganolfan Arwyddo-Golwg-Sain) (£678k) and Tower Hamlets Law Centre (£675k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 70% and charitable activities 30%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 50 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.