Southmead Community Association

Analysis

Southmead Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in December 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Southmead Community Association reported income of £41k and spending of £58k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £64k to £41k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Southmead Community Association sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 50% 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 Friends of Serenity (£41k), 9th Worcester Scout Group (£41k) and Namal College (£41k).

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.