Community Resources for Change

Analysis

Community Resources for Change is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in February 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05702090). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Community Resources for Change reported income of £211k and spending of £250k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £283k to £211k (-25%), an average of -7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 231%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Resources for Change sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Guild Initiative for Furniture Trust (£211k), Sprowston Youth Engagement Project (£211k) and Sedulo Foundation (£211k).

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.