Venture Community Association

Analysis

Venture Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02178614). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Venture Community Association reported income of £755k and spending of £850k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £901k to £755k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Venture Community Association 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tutors United (£754k), Thurston Pre-School Limited (£755k) and AFRUCA - Safeguarding Children (£754k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 74%, donations and legacies 19% and trading 7.2%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Reserves of £106k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.