Woodvale and Ainsdale Community Association

Analysis

Woodvale and Ainsdale Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southport. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07795806). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Woodvale and Ainsdale Community Association reported income of £107k and spending of £127k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £132k to £107k (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Woodvale and Ainsdale Community Association sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eva Crane Trust (£106k), Peak District and South Yorkshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (£107k) and The Panasonic Trust for the Further Education and Training of Engineers (£106k).