The Gorse Hill Community Centre

Analysis

The Gorse Hill Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in December 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Gorse Hill Community Centre reported income of £24k and spending of £31k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £22k to £24k (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Gorse Hill Community Centre sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Macclesfield Male Voice Choir (£24k), New Hall Kidz (£24k) and Culterham Hall (£24k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.