Poole Old Town Community Association

Analysis

Poole Old Town Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Poole. It was registered in March 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Poole Old Town Community Association reported income of £19k and spending of £22k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £14k to £19k (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Poole Old Town Community Association sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Manchester Community Trust (SMCT) (£19k), Glorious Nations Outreach Ministries (£19k) and Transformation Christian Centre (£19k).