Carlisle and District Federation of Community Organisations

Analysis

Carlisle and District Federation of Community Organisations is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in May 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Carlisle and District Federation of Community Organisations reported income of £18k and spending of £41k, spending 224% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £53k to £18k (-66%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Carlisle and District Federation of Community Organisations sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sevenoaks Round Table No. 258 Charitable Trust Fund (£18k), Jubilee Community Association (£18k) and Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland Benevolent Fund (£18k).