Royds Community Association

Analysis

Royds Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in November 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02919781). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Royds Community Association reported income of £742k and spending of £863k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £667k to £742k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Royds Community Association sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Emerge Advocacy (£742k), The Brain and Spine Foundation (£742k) and Tzidkas Yosef (£740k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 76%, donations and legacies 14% and charitable activities 7.6%. Charitable activities took 12% of spending and raising funds 79%. Reserves of £227k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.