The Debden Association

Analysis

The Debden Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Loughton. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07710746). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Debden Association reported income of £51k and spending of £45k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £61k to £51k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 Debden Association sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crawshay's Welsh Rugby CIO (£51k), Royal Dart Youth Sailing Trust (£51k) and Richard Taylor's Educational Trust (£51k).