Brightwells Gostrey Centre

Analysis

Brightwells Gostrey Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in January 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Brightwells Gostrey Centre reported income of £233k and spending of £248k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £250k to £233k (-6.6%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Brightwells Gostrey Centre sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Steel Bones (£233k), Smile Through Sport (£233k) and Taff-Ely Foodbank (£233k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.