Lower Penarth Community Association

Analysis

Lower Penarth Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Glamorgan. It was registered in March 1999, 27 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. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lower Penarth Community Association reported income of £19k and spending of £22k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £25k to £19k (-24%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lower Penarth Community Association sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Titan Children's Trust (£19k), Sussex Kidney Trust (£19k) and Dudley Community First Responders (£19k).

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.