Cricklade and District Community Association

Analysis

Cricklade and District Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in August 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06608568). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cricklade and District Community Association reported income of £986k and spending of £1.0m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £364k to £986k (+171%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Cricklade and District Community Association sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Epsom Sports Club (£984k), The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens (£988k) and Kinetic Foundation (£983k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 63% and charitable activities 36%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 9.7%. Reserves of £138k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 31 people.

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.