Southwold Community Association

Analysis

Southwold Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in November 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Southwold Community Association reported income of £21k and spending of £23k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £33k to £21k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Southwold Community Association sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chapel of Praise (£21k), Emmanuel Christian Centre (£21k) and Heartland Youth for Christ (£21k).

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.