The English and Media Centre

Analysis

The English and Media Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02466244). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The English and Media Centre reported income of £706k and spending of £994k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £871k to £706k (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The English and Media Centre sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Centre for Governance and Scrutiny (£704k), Rekindle Collective Ltd. (£706k) and London Metropolitan University Students' Union (£704k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, investments 4.5% and trading 1.0%. Charitable activities took 56% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.

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.