The Wickhambrook Memorial Social Centre

Analysis

The Wickhambrook Memorial Social Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newmarket. It was registered in October 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Wickhambrook Memorial Social Centre reported income of £16k and spending of £11k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £40k to £16k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income dropped by 69%. 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, The Wickhambrook Memorial Social Centre sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chelsfield Village Hall (£16k), Cleethorpes Band CIO (£16k) and Winchelsea and Area Archaeological and Historical Society (£16k).