Communities Empowerment Network

Analysis

Communities Empowerment Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Communities Empowerment Network reported income of £110k and spending of £190k, spending 173% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £398k to £110k (-72%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Communities Empowerment Network sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blakeney Under Fives (£110k), Broadmayne and West Knighton Pre-School (£110k) and St Dunstans Community Playgroup (£110k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.