Sutton Community Works

Analysis

Sutton Community Works is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carshalton. It was registered in February 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07476749). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sutton Community Works reported income of £423k and spending of £450k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £353k to £423k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sutton Community Works sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Amen (£423k), City Church Sheffield (£424k) and Chabad Lubavitch of Bloomsbury - Central London (£422k).