Fenland Area Community Enterprise Trust

Analysis

Fenland Area Community Enterprise Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in March. It was registered in April 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 company (Companies House number 04457125). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Fenland Area Community Enterprise Trust reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.1m, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £919k to £1.4m (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Fenland Area Community Enterprise Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (£1.4m), Army Families Federation (£1.4m) and Gospel Standard Bethesda Fund (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87%, trading 10% and donations and legacies 2.4%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.8%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 35 people.