Community Connect Foundation

Analysis

Community Connect Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Smethwick. It was registered in November 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03796674). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Connect Foundation reported income of £310k and spending of £284k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £151k to £310k (+105%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Connect Foundation sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clifton Learning Partnership (£309k), Church in the Peak (£310k) and Gateway M40 (£309k).