St Johns and Highwoods Community Association Ltd

Analysis

St Johns and Highwoods Community Association Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03169275). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, St Johns and Highwoods Community Association Ltd reported income of £427k and spending of £311k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £261k to £427k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, St Johns and Highwoods Community Association Ltd sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Owen McVeigh Foundation (£426k), Zahid Mubarek Trust Ltd (£429k) and The Lewis Foundation (£424k).