Colchester United Community Foundation

Analysis

Colchester United Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in November 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09152373). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Colchester United Community Foundation reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.4m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £614k to £1.4m (+135%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Colchester United Community Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society of Occupational Medicine (£1.4m), Serve (£1.4m) and Family Matters (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 72%, trading 26%, investments 1.6% and donations and legacies 1.0%. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 25%. Reserves of £805k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 46 people.