Elsenham Community Association

Analysis

Elsenham Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bishop's Stortford. It was registered in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and other charitable purposes, 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 and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Elsenham Community Association reported income of £39k and spending of £47k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £34k to £39k (+17%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Elsenham Community Association sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Archibald Worthington Community Hall (£39k), Aston Cantlow Village Hall (£40k) and Chipping and District Memorial Hall (£39k).