Lymington Community Association

Analysis

Lymington Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lymington. It was registered in March 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Lymington Community Association reported income of £778k and spending of £664k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £706k to £778k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Lymington Community Association sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Waterside Community Trust (£773k), 8th Ashford (Middlesex) Scout Group (£778k) and Barry Young Men's Christian Association (£771k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 73%, donations and legacies 18%, trading 5.3% and investments 3.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £83k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Reserves of £50k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.