Heacham and District Community Car Scheme

Analysis

Heacham and District Community Car Scheme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hunstanton. It was registered in March 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Heacham and District Community Car Scheme reported income of £15k and spending of £22k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £18k to £15k (-15%), an average of -4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Heacham and District Community Car Scheme sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rotary Club of Northampton Benevolent Fund (£15k), Sarum Counselling Service (£15k) and The John and Lorna Wing Foundation (£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.