Shirley Community Association

Analysis

Shirley Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in June 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Shirley Community Association reported income of £200k and spending of £210k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £71k to £200k (+183%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Shirley Community Association sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Newcastle Emlyn and District Swimming Pool and Recreational Facilities Association (£200k), Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Fund (£200k) and Ipswich Scout District Liason Committee (£199k).

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.