Davis Estate Community Centre (Decc)

Analysis

Davis Estate Community Centre (Decc) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chatham. It was registered in May 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Davis Estate Community Centre (Decc) reported income of £25k and spending of £31k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £31k to £25k (-20%), an average of -5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Davis Estate Community Centre (Decc) sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% 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 Grangetown Generations (£25k), Heaton Mersey Community Association (£25k) and Rainton Recreation Association (£25k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.