Melrose Community Association

Analysis

Melrose Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Basingstoke. It was registered in February 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Melrose Community Association reported income of £114k and spending of £102k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £37k to £114k (+207%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income rose by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Melrose Community Association sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Pancras Welfare Trust (£113k), Cornwall Community Flood Forum (£114k) and Addenbrooke's Kidney Patients Association Limited (£113k).