The Ladyholme Community Centre

Analysis

The Ladyholme Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in April 1986, 40 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 March 2026, The Ladyholme Community Centre reported income of £21k and spending of £26k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £6,099 to £21k (+242%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 157% 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 Ladyholme Community Centre sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peterborough Choral Society (£21k), The Garden Suburb Theatre (£21k) and Northampton Philharmonic Choir (£21k).

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.