Halstead Day Centre

Analysis

Halstead Day Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Braintree. It was registered in July 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Halstead Day Centre reported income of £114k and spending of £122k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £135k to £114k (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Halstead Day Centre sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ashchurch Village Hall Charity (£112k), Madina Foundation Dagenham East (£114k) and Blaston and District Agricultural Show Society (£111k).

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.