Communities United Project

Analysis

Communities United Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Urmston. It was registered in December 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03605016). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Communities United Project reported income of £24k and spending of £55k, spending 227% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £65k to £24k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 150% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Communities United Project sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stalisfield Village Hall Trust (£24k), Public Recreation Ground (Henry Martin Lindsell Bequest) (£24k) and 1st Fareham Scout Group (£24k).

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.