Kirkstile Community Centre

Analysis

Kirkstile Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in January 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Kirkstile Community Centre reported income of £16k and spending of £25k, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £16k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 126% 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, Kirkstile Community Centre sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Writtle Singers (£16k), Porthywaen Silver Band (£16k) and The Sheffield Youth Orchestra (£16k).

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.