Bridgend West Ward Community Centre

Analysis

Bridgend West Ward Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridgend. It was registered in May 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bridgend West Ward Community Centre reported income of £19k and spending of £21k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £25k to £19k (-26%), an average of -7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bridgend West Ward Community Centre sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Muslim Women's Organisation Limited (£19k), The Gate at Westminster (£19k) and PTFA at Grange First School (£19k).

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.