The Community Council for Somerset

Analysis

The Community Council for Somerset is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in April 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03541219). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Community Council for Somerset reported income of £2.9m and spending of £3.2m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.3m to £2.9m (+23%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Community Council for Somerset sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Victory Bible Church International (£2.9m), Slavic Gospel Association (British Section) Limited (£2.9m) and The Potters House Christian Fellowship UK Waltham Forest Church (£2.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £203k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 95 people.

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.