Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network

Analysis

Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04750617). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network reported income of £914k and spending of £920k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £403k to £914k (+127%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shree Swaminarayan Charitable Trust Vadtal Dham (UK) (£914k), Warrington Mencap (£915k) and Share (£914k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £154k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.