Commonside Community Development Trust

Analysis

Commonside Community Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mitcham. It was registered in November 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04189863). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Commonside Community Development Trust reported income of £520k and spending of £531k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £458k to £520k (+13%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 118%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Commonside Community Development Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The M D and S Charitable Trust (£519k), The Ickle Pickle Partnership Ltd (£520k) and Sherwood Forest Hospitals General Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities (£519k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 84%, donations and legacies 13% and trading 2.3%. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £40k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.