Chesterton Community Association

Analysis

Chesterton Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in November 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chesterton Community Association reported income of £12k and spending of £9,465, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6,606 to £12k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Chesterton Community Association sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jan Foundation Limited (£12k), Teachers for Zambia (£12k) and The Purbrook Park Learning Trust (£12k).