Hardway Elson & Districts Community Association

Analysis

Hardway Elson & Districts Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gosport. It was registered in April 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 March 2025, Hardway Elson & Districts Community Association reported income of £173k and spending of £228k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £58k to £173k (+200%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Hardway Elson & Districts Community Association sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Canley Community Centre (£173k), London Trampoline Academy and London DMT (£173k) and Cam Sports Club (£173k).

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.