Witton Lodge Community Association

Analysis

Witton Lodge Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in June 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02903760). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Witton Lodge Community Association reported income of £4.0m and spending of £3.5m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.4m to £4.0m (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Witton Lodge Community Association sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Goleudy Housing and Support Limited (£4.0m), United Reformed Church Thames North Synod Charities (£4.0m) and Clydpride Limited (£4.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £295k. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 36 people.