Wessex Community Action

Analysis

Wessex Community Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in April 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02797768). It says it provides human resources, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Wessex Community Action reported income of £416k and spending of £422k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £345k to £416k (+21%), an average of +4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wessex Community Action sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pelican Cancer Foundation (£415k), Hope Community Church (Wymondham) (£416k) and Selworthy House Addiction Recovery Enterprise (£415k).