Laurel Avenue Community Association

Analysis

Laurel Avenue Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in January 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Laurel Avenue Community Association reported income of £231k and spending of £196k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £46k to £231k (+396%), an average of +49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Laurel Avenue Community Association sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Find (Families in Need) Limited (£231k), Education for Life (£231k) and Voice in the City Ministries (£231k).