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West Meads Community Centre & Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 305338Bognor RegisReligion
Income£32k2025-12-31
Spending£28ksame year
Spent / received93%5-year average
Size in its cause41st pctReligion
Registered1970Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

West Meads Community Centre & Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bognor Regis. It was registered in April 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, West Meads Community Centre & Association reported income of £32k and spending of £28k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £15k to £32k (+122%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, West Meads Community Centre & Association sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ecclesiastical Purposes in Connexion with the Church of England (£32k), Shiloh Pentecostal Fellowship (Birmingham) (£32k) and Hilltop Community Association (Canterbury) (£32k).

Income and spending

£0£8,090£16k£24k£32k2021 Income: £14,5732021 Spending: £28,77820212022 Income: £23,5982022 Spending: £18,75320222023 Income: £28,4052023 Spending: £23,18120232024 Income: £32,0142024 Spending: £23,09920242025 Income: £32,3612025 Spending: £27,5442025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

WE PROVIDE LEISURE & SOCIAL FACILITIES FOR RESIDENTS IN ALDWICK AND WEST MEADS. OFTEN PROVIDING THE ONLY CONTACT FOR SOME WITH THE REST OF SOCIETY. WE PROVIDE ARTS, CRAFTS, PATCHWORK & QUILTING, CARPET BOWLS, KEEP FIT, LINE DANCING, TAEKWONDO, BRIDGE CLUBS, SOCIAL CLUB, COFFEE MORNINGS & YOGA THE CENTRE IT IS WELL USED AND MUCH APPRECIATED BY THE RESIDENTS OF THE LOCAL AREA .

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Ecclesiastical Purposes in Connexion with the Church of EnglandBath£32k
Shiloh Pentecostal Fellowship (Birmingham)Birmingham£32k
Hilltop Community Association (Canterbury)Kent£32k
Epsom and Ewell Young Peoples CentreEpsom£32k