The Colwich & the Haywoods Community Association

Analysis

The Colwich & the Haywoods Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stafford. It was registered in November 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Colwich & the Haywoods Community Association reported income of £52k and spending of £58k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £54k to £52k (-3.5%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Colwich & the Haywoods Community Association 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 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ross-On-Wye Lions Club (CIO) (£52k), 1st Hedgerley Scout Group (£52k) and 8th Gillingham (Wigmore) Scout Group (£52k).

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.