Aylesford Community Centre
Analysis
Aylesford Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aylesford. It was registered in September 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Aylesford Community Centre reported income of £71k and spending of £78k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £36k to £71k (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Aylesford Community Centre sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fylde Transport Trust (£71k), National Stone Centre(The) (£71k) and Bedfordshire East Schools Trust Ltd (£71k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Aylesford Parish without distinction of sex or of political religious ethnic or other opinions by the advancement of education and the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare and in particular for use for recreation and leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Fylde Transport Trust | Blackpool | £71k |
| National Stone Centre(The) | Derbyshire | £71k |
| Bedfordshire East Schools Trust Ltd | Bedfordshire | £71k |
| Dorchester Ballet and Dance Club | Dorchester | £71k |