St Luke's Ward Community Association, Southend-On-Sea

Analysis

St Luke's Ward Community Association, Southend-On-Sea is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southend-On-Sea. It was registered in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St Luke's Ward Community Association, Southend-On-Sea reported income of £35k and spending of £38k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £70k to £35k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, St Luke's Ward Community Association, Southend-On-Sea sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clifton Community Association (£35k), Roberttown Youth and Community Association (£35k) and Treuddyn Community Association (£35k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.