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Ashford Road Community Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1002100CanterburyAmateur sport and recreation
Income£26k2025-01-31
Spending£30ksame year
Spent / received104%5-year average
Size in its cause59th pctAmateur sport and recreation
Registered1991Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Ashford Road Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Canterbury. It was registered in March 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Ashford Road Community Association reported income of £26k and spending of £30k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £18k to £26k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Ashford Road Community Association sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hadleigh Young Farmers (£26k), Stoke St Gregory Recreation and Playing Field (£26k) and Sir Thomas Widdrington (Educational) Trust (£26k).

Income and spending

£0£7,534£15k£23k£30k2021 Income: £17,8322021 Spending: £23,31320212022 Income: £22,2502022 Spending: £17,73820222023 Income: £23,3432023 Spending: £25,03420232024 Income: £30,1002024 Spending: £28,42220242025 Income: £26,0072025 Spending: £30,1372025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

The provision of facilities for people to hire for private or public functions, activities workshops etc. Current hirers include short mat bowls, craft, fitness training, Kent County Council Day Opportunities Service, The Arts Society Canterbury, Asbestos Cancer Support group, womens institute, organ club and whist. Monthly bingo and dances.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Hadleigh Young FarmersIpswich£26k
Stoke St Gregory Recreation and Playing FieldSomerset£26k
Sir Thomas Widdrington (Educational) TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne£26k
Sibford Village Hall CIOOxfordshire£26k