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Colchester Indian Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1141954ColchesterReligion
Income£29k2025-03-31
Spending£22ksame year
Spent / received65%5-year average
Size in its cause39th pctReligion
Registered2011Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Colchester Indian Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in May 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Colchester Indian Association reported income of £29k and spending of £22k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3,021 to £29k (+871%), an average of +76% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 904%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Colchester Indian Association sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dereham Gospel Hall Trust (£29k), Blue Bell Hill Village Hall (£29k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Thurston (£29k).

Income and spending

£0£7,581£15k£23k£30k2021 Income: £3,0212021 Spending: £2,75520212022 Income: £30,3252022 Spending: £11,71220222023 Income: £25,4672023 Spending: £21,15520232024 Income: £23,5522024 Spending: £14,28920242025 Income: £29,3382025 Spending: £22,4132025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The charity's objectives and principal activities are to promote Hindu religion and racial harmony for the public benefit.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Dereham Gospel Hall TrustNorfolk£29k
Blue Bell Hill Village HallChatham£29k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ThurstonSuffolk£29k
Duncan Road Church TrustSouthampton£29k