Lyng Community Association

Analysis

Lyng Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Bromwich. It was registered in October 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03977954). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lyng Community Association reported income of £1.5m and spending of £942k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.5m (+30%), an average of +6.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lyng Community Association sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Drive Forward Foundation (£1.5m), Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (£1.5m) and United Methodist Church (UK) (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91% and investments 8.5%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £4.9m would cover about 62 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.