Stanhope Community Association

Analysis

Stanhope Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bishop Auckland. It was registered in April 2016, 10 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Stanhope Community Association reported income of £101k and spending of £108k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £39k to £101k (+163%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 145%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Stanhope Community Association sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include May Hearnshaw Charitable Trust (£101k), The Norfolk Federation of Wis (£101k) and Central London Youth Development Trust (£101k).