Crawley Community Action

Analysis

Crawley Community Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in November 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04488714). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Crawley Community Action reported income of £658k and spending of £512k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £446k to £658k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Crawley Community Action sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Purple Elephant Project (£658k), Trafalgar Entertainment Trust (£659k) and Beleve UK (£658k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 71%, charitable activities 27% and investments 2.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £523k would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.