Delves Lane Community Association

Analysis

Delves Lane Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in April 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Delves Lane Community Association reported income of £28k and spending of £39k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £37k to £28k (-24%), an average of -6.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Delves Lane Community Association sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bluebird Society for the Disabled (£28k), Create a Smile (£28k) and Alm & Yes Trust (£28k).

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.