Priory Community Association

Analysis

Priory Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dudley. It was registered in December 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Priory Community Association reported income of £117k and spending of £119k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £17k to £117k (+585%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 155%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Priory Community Association sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% 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 The Kenneth and Barbara Boardman-Weston Charitable Trust (£117k), Building Bridges in Burnley (£117k) and Helping Ummah (£117k).