Community Action Project

Analysis

Community Action Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Smethwick. It was registered in June 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03655201). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Action Project reported income of £293k and spending of £211k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £352k to £293k (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Action Project sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chelwood Foodbank Plus (Stockport) (£293k), River Church Wales (£293k) and Gatehouse - Caring in East Anglia (£293k).