Strouden Park Community Association
Analysis
Strouden Park Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in August 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Strouden Park Community Association reported income of £56k and spending of £72k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £24k to £56k (+132%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 114% 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, Strouden Park Community Association sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harborough Cinema (£56k), TRS Gallery (£56k) and Amgueddfa Hanesyddol a Morwrol a Chanolfan Astudiaethau Llyn (Llyn Historical and Maritime Museum and Study Centre) (£56k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
Community Centre for the use of voluntary organisations and local inhabitants, in a common effort to promote advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation.
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| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Harborough Cinema | Leicestershire | £56k |
| TRS Gallery | Liverpool | £56k |
| Amgueddfa Hanesyddol a Morwrol a Chanolfan Astudiaethau Llyn (Llyn Historical and Maritime Museum and Study Centre) | Pwllheli | £56k |
| The Liphook U3a | Hampshire | £56k |