Blaenau Gwent (Abertillery) Community Association

Analysis

Blaenau Gwent (Abertillery) Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bargoed. It was registered in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Blaenau Gwent (Abertillery) Community Association reported income of £10k and spending of £13k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £29k to £10k (-64%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Blaenau Gwent (Abertillery) Community Association sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Counselling at AFC (£10k), The Rogbonko Village School Trust (£10k) and Media Matters Ministries (£10k).

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.