Ongo Communities Limited

Analysis

Ongo Communities Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Scunthorpe. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08619739). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ongo Communities Limited reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.8m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £1.9m (+4.3%), an average of +1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ongo Communities Limited sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Latin Link (£1.9m), Sifa Fireside (£1.9m) and Hyperlipidaemia Education & Atherosclerosis Research Trust UK (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 68%, donations and legacies 19% and trading 13%. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £35k. Reserves of £793k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 people.