Community Southwark

Analysis

Community Southwark is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05090324). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Community Southwark reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.3m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £931k to £1.4m (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Community Southwark sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 North Somerset Citizens Advice Bureau (£1.4m), The Generational Foundation (£1.4m) and Southend Association of Voluntary Services (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90%, trading 6.8% and investments 2.2%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Reserves of £596k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 41 people.