Petworth and District Community Association

Analysis

Petworth and District Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Petworth and District Community Association reported income of £20k and spending of £15k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £14k to £20k (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 48%. 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, Petworth and District Community Association sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charfield Youth Project (£20k), Kent Youth Trust (£20k) and Riasat Osman Foundation (£20k).