Community Active Support

Analysis

Community Active Support is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in December 2002, 24 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. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2023, Community Active Support reported income of £66k and spending of £45k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2023, income grew from £25k to £66k (+163%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 162%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Community Active Support sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bosphorus Foundation (£66k), Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team (Plymouth) (£66k) and The Pett Village Hall (£66k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.