Macaulay Area Action Group

Analysis

Macaulay Area Action Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Haycroft Street. It was registered in November 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04478350). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Macaulay Area Action Group reported income of £15k and spending of £18k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £4,953 to £15k (+195%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 149%. Over the whole period it spent 135% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Macaulay Area Action Group sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Henry Peters Charity (£15k), Hillingdon Somali Women's Group (£15k) and Tech4all (£15k).

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.