Allendale Community Centre

Analysis

Allendale Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wimborne. It was registered in April 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Allendale Community Centre reported income of £519k and spending of £512k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from June 2024 to June 2025, income grew from £387k to £519k (+34%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Allendale Community Centre sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newbigin Community Trust (£518k), Cfydc (Chance) (£519k) and The Friendship Circle (UK) (£517k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 62%, investments 36% and donations and legacies 2.6%. Charitable activities took 38% of spending and raising funds 62%. Reserves of £64k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.