Whitley Community Development Association

Analysis

Whitley Community Development Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Whitley Community Development Association reported income of £252k and spending of £196k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £186k to £252k (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Whitley Community Development Association 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 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The League of Friends of the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Herne Bay (£252k), Ethnic Health Forum (£253k) and Sisters of the Cross and Passion (£252k).