Abbeydale Community Association

Analysis

Abbeydale Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in December 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Abbeydale Community Association reported income of £220k and spending of £203k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £80k to £220k (+174%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Abbeydale Community Association sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall (£220k), The Mersea Island Community Association (£221k) and Fit2live Sports (£220k).