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Medway Centre Community Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 518564BakewellDisability
Income£71k2026-03-31
Spending£63ksame year
Spent / received97%5-year average
Size in its cause61st pctDisability
Registered1987Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Medway Centre Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bakewell. It was registered in March 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Medway Centre Community Association reported income of £71k and spending of £63k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £48k to £71k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Medway Centre Community Association sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% 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 Pink Sisters Staffs Breast Cancer Support Group (£71k), Oj's Sensory Interaction Trust (£71k) and Barawak (£71k).

Income and spending

£0£18k£36k£54k£71k2022 Income: £48,3062022 Spending: £46,22820222023 Income: £60,9192023 Spending: £56,06920232024 Income: £60,3502024 Spending: £59,37920242025 Income: £53,3752025 Spending: £61,40220252026 Income: £71,4832026 Spending: £63,3912026
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

we provide facilities at a Community Centre in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for inhabitants of Bakewell and District and the neighbourhood.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Pink Sisters Staffs Breast Cancer Support GroupStoke-On-Trent£71k
Oj's Sensory Interaction TrustPoulton-Le-Fylde£71k
BarawakLondon£71k
Central Youth Club LimitedLiverpool£71k