Highfields Community Association

Analysis

Highfields Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in March 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06078193). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Highfields Community Association reported income of £598k and spending of £522k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £567k to £598k (+5.5%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Highfields Community Association sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include M6 Theatre Company Limited (£598k), Arts Care Gofal Celf (£599k) and Kirkgate Arts (£596k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 59% and donations and legacies 41%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £596k would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.