Shrub End Social Centre

Analysis

Shrub End Social Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in March 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shrub End Social Centre reported income of £28k and spending of £37k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12k to £28k (+132%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Shrub End Social Centre sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Baba Deep Singh Ji Shahid Charitable Society (£28k), Sdsa Foundation (£28k) and Kelmscot Charitable Trust (£28k).