Carterton Family Centre

Analysis

Carterton Family Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, economic/community development/employment, armed forces/emergency service efficiency and recreation, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Carterton Family Centre reported income of £25k and spending of £66k, spending 264% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £128k to £25k (-80%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 137% of the income it received.

Among 200 England and Wales charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Carterton Family Centre sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Town Lands (£24k), Ajvir Singh Sandhu Leadership Foundation (£25k) and The North West Army Cadet Force Trust Fund (£23k).

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.