Bensham Grove Community Centre

Analysis

Bensham Grove Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gateshead. It was registered in February 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. 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 December 2025, Bensham Grove Community Centre reported income of £317k and spending of £273k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £108k to £317k (+193%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bensham Grove Community Centre sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chasdei Esther (£317k), Breaking Barriers Building Bridges (£318k) and Malvern Special Families (£316k).