'signals' Essex Media Centre Ltd

Analysis

'signals' Essex Media Centre Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in February 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02277759). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 'signals' Essex Media Centre Ltd reported income of £191k and spending of £200k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £122k to £191k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, 'signals' Essex Media Centre Ltd sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society (£191k), Livewire Youth Project (£191k) and Gissing Children's Centre - a Community Pre-School (£190k).