Creative Connected Communities

Analysis

Creative Connected Communities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in August 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10236925). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Creative Connected Communities reported income of £115k and spending of £169k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £242k to £115k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Creative Connected Communities sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Peires Family Foundation (£115k), The National Association for the Relief of Apnoea Generally Known As Help Prevent a Cot Death Appeal (£115k) and Upperthorpe & Netherthorpe Healthy Living Centre Trust (£115k).

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.