Ridgewood Community Association

Analysis

Ridgewood Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04765911). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Ridgewood Community Association reported income of £240k and spending of £214k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £190k to £240k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Ridgewood Community Association sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Furniture History Society (£240k), Orient Foundation for Arts & Culture (£240k) and Cumbria Development Education Centre (£240k).