Community Works CIO

Analysis

Community Works CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Thirsk. It was registered in March 2003, 23 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Works CIO reported income of £548k and spending of £550k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £797k to £548k (-31%), an average of -8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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 Works CIO 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 Abingdon Bridge (£548k), Healthy Living Projects Limited (£549k) and Dove Cottage Day Hospice (£548k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75%, trading 15% and donations and legacies 8.6%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. Reserves of £225k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.