The Drayton Centre

Analysis

The Drayton Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in May 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Drayton Centre reported income of £49k and spending of £50k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £78k to £49k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 146%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Drayton Centre sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Forces Welfare Fund (£49k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God Holy Ghost Zone Kingsthorpe, Northampton (£49k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God His Dwelling Place at Bilston (£49k).