The Centre, West Cumbria Ltd

Analysis

The Centre, West Cumbria Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in August 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 13185087). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Centre, West Cumbria Ltd reported income of £251k and spending of £168k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from February 2022 to March 2025, income grew from £5,000 to £251k (+4913%), an average of +269% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 45% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Centre, West Cumbria Ltd sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Halton Play Council Limited (£251k), Halton Speak Out CIO (£251k) and Community Transport (Swadlincote) (£250k).