West Faversham Community Association

Analysis

West Faversham Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Faversham. It was registered in November 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07296070). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, West Faversham Community Association reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.3m, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £825k to £1.1m (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, West Faversham Community Association sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% 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 John Eastwood Hospice Trust (£1.1m), Association of Voluntary Organisations in Wrexham (£1.1m) and Mens Accommodation and Support (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 40%, donations and legacies 32% and trading 28%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £27k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 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.