Fernheath Community Sports Association

Analysis

Fernheath Community Sports Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport 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 March 2025, Fernheath Community Sports Association reported income of £20k and spending of £29k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £46k to £20k (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 174% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Fernheath Community Sports Association 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 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Westpoint-Sustainable Community Development (£20k), Galvin Bracken Foundation (£20k) and Baby Ava's Support Foundation (£20k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.