Emerson Park Community Association

Analysis

Emerson Park Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in August 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Emerson Park Community Association reported income of £22k and spending of £22k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3,862 to £22k (+458%), an average of +54% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 485%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Emerson Park Community Association sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harrow Apollo Male Choir (£22k), Carperby Village Institute (£22k) and Legbourne and Little Cawthorpe Community Centre and Recreation Ground (£22k).

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.