Gilfach Goch Community Association

Analysis

Gilfach Goch Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Porth. It was registered in July 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03233495). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gilfach Goch Community Association reported income of £667k and spending of £731k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £890k to £667k (-25%), an average of -7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Gilfach Goch Community Association sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kite Trust (£667k), Young People and Children First (£667k) and Kids for Kids (£666k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 68%, donations and legacies 8.6% and trading 4.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £268k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.