Alton Community Association CIO

Analysis

Alton Community Association CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Alton. It was registered in July 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Alton Community Association CIO reported income of £233k and spending of £255k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £177k to £233k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Alton Community Association CIO sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newton Green Trust (£233k), Crayford Arrows Sports Club Ltd (£233k) and Ocean Youth Trust North (£233k).

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.