Aldham Common

Analysis

Aldham Common is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Aldham Common reported income of £11k and spending of £21k, spending 193% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £6,712 to £11k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 213% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Aldham Common sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Indigo Arts (£11k), South Staffordshire Deaf Children's Society (£11k) and Newcastle and District Riding for the Disabled Group (£11k).

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.