Ashurst Wood Village Centre

Analysis

Ashurst Wood Village Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in July 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Ashurst Wood Village Centre reported income of £14k and spending of £19k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £18k to £14k (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Ashurst Wood Village Centre sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aylesbury Orchestral Society (£14k), Gurney Slade and Binegar Memorial Hall (£14k) and The York Georgian Society (£14k).