St Albans Community Association

Analysis

St Albans Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Smethwick. It was registered in January 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06354930). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, St Albans Community Association reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.1m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £705k to £1.3m (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, St Albans Community Association sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Music in Secondary Schools Trust (£1.3m), Oxfordshire Motor Project (£1.3m) and York St John Students' Union (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 50%, trading 47% and investments 2.1%. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 35 people.