The Cottage Community

Analysis

The Cottage Community is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and disability, which this site groups under disability. 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 March 2025, The Cottage Community reported income of £100k and spending of £212k, spending 212% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £176k to £100k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 152% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Cottage Community sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Disabled Sailing Association Ltd (£100k), Thorne Moorends Regeneration Partnership (£100k) and Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool Association CIO (£100k).

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.