Praa Sands and District Community Centre

Analysis

Praa Sands and District Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in May 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Praa Sands and District Community Centre reported income of £21k and spending of £16k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £18k to £21k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Praa Sands and District Community Centre sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Richmond Pensioners Social Club (£21k), The Townsend Family Charitable Trust (£21k) and Trinity House Social Centre (£21k).