The Hersden Neighbourhood Centre Association

Analysis

The Hersden Neighbourhood Centre Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Canterbury. It was registered in April 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Hersden Neighbourhood Centre Association reported income of £57k and spending of £67k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £44k to £57k (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Hersden Neighbourhood Centre Association sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Saffron Walden Pig Market (£57k), Rossington Good Neighbours (£57k) and 3rd Molesey (Matravers) Scout Group (£57k).

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.