Kesgrave War Memorial Community Centre

Analysis

Kesgrave War Memorial Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Kesgrave War Memorial Community Centre reported income of £591k and spending of £758k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £264k to £591k (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 135% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Kesgrave War Memorial Community Centre sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The A and J Charitable Trust (£590k), Glamis Hall for All (£593k) and Home-Start Richmond, Kingston & Hounslow (£589k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 77%, donations and legacies 9.3% and investments 6.1%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 8.9%. Reserves of £4.0m would cover about 63 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.

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.