Community Development Action Hertfordshire

Analysis

Community Development Action Hertfordshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertford. It was registered in April 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03712283). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Development Action Hertfordshire reported income of £187k and spending of £254k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £293k to £187k (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Community Development Action Hertfordshire 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 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vendquot Limited (£187k), E C Graham's Charitable Settlement (£188k) and Palmcourt Limited (£186k).