The Oval (Stevenage) Community Association

Analysis

The Oval (Stevenage) Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stevenage. It was registered in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07662038). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Oval (Stevenage) Community Association reported income of £95k and spending of £94k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £96k to £95k (-0.6%), an average of -0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Oval (Stevenage) Community Association sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bay Leisure Limited (£95k), Nunthorpe and Marton Recreation Trust (£96k) and The Fell Pony Society (£95k).