Community Initiative (Bishops Stortford)

Analysis

Community Initiative (Bishops Stortford) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in April 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05385452). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Community Initiative (Bishops Stortford) reported income of £19k and spending of £23k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £12k to £19k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 167%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Community Initiative (Bishops Stortford) sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Francis Crittall Pavilion Trust (£19k), The Maidstone Singers (£19k) and Woodchurch Driving Group Rda (£19k).