Arena Community

Analysis

Arena Community is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilkeston. It was registered in July 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05116407). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Arena Community reported income of £431k and spending of £397k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £409k to £431k (+5.4%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Arena Community sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Priory of Our Lady of Peace CIO (£431k), Redeemed Christian Church of God ('RCCG') (Inspiration House) (£431k) and Cambridge Womens Resources Centre (£431k).