Connex Community Support

Analysis

Connex Community Support is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in January 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02918492). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Connex Community Support reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.0m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £2.1m (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Connex Community Support sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wisdom Hospice Charity (£2.1m), The Old Dart Foundation (£2.1m) and Nottingham Forest Foundation (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, donations and legacies 6.9% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £595k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 81 people.