Abbey Community Centre

Analysis

Abbey Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02028600). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Abbey Community Centre reported income of £490k and spending of £475k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £329k to £490k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Abbey Community Centre sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wellington (London) Trust (£490k), Noor Trust (£490k) and Gateway Vineyard Christian Fellowship Norwich (£490k).