Poole Communities Trust

Analysis

Poole Communities Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09490119). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Poole Communities Trust reported income of £333k and spending of £348k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £194k to £333k (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 843%. Over the whole period it spent 36% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Poole Communities Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Voluntary Action Arun and Chichester (£329k), Ipswich Community Media and Learning (£334k) and Cottenham Community Centre (£329k).