Haslingden Community Link

Analysis

Haslingden Community Link is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rossendale. It was registered in June 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03612468). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Haslingden Community Link reported income of £883k and spending of £926k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £645k to £883k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Haslingden Community Link sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Coverdale Foundation (£883k), South East and Central Essex Mind Limited (£883k) and The Ma'arif Foundation UK (£883k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 81% and charitable activities 18%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £74k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 37 people.

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.