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Bluehouse Farm Community Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 265499BasildonChildren and youth development
Income£337k2025-12-31
Spending£368ksame year
Spent / received107%5-year average
Size in its cause95th pctChildren and youth development
Registered1973Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Bluehouse Farm Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Basildon. It was registered in April 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bluehouse Farm Community Association reported income of £337k and spending of £368k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £219k to £337k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 684%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Bluehouse Farm Community Association sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Home-Start Bristol and South Gloucestershire (£337k), Hounslow Youth Counselling Information and Support Service (£338k) and The Brazil Friends Foundation (£336k).

Income and spending

£0£92k£184k£276k£368k2021 Income: £218,8282021 Spending: £218,20720212022 Income: £257,4422022 Spending: £281,03520222023 Income: £39,2442023 Spending: £10,22820232024 Income: £307,8402024 Spending: £359,80720242025 Income: £336,6852025 Spending: £368,4012025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To provide a community centre for the laindon / Basildon area and to assist local groups in fund raising and projects. We are also a venue for outside charities wishing to use our facilities to assist in their own projects.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Home-Start Bristol and South GloucestershireBristol£337k
Hounslow Youth Counselling Information and Support ServiceMiddlesex£338k
The Brazil Friends FoundationLondon£336k
The Bromsgrove Youth and Community HubWorcestershire£343k