Hythe and Dibden Community Association

Analysis

Hythe and Dibden Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in September 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hythe and Dibden Community Association reported income of £36k and spending of £40k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £43k to £36k (-17%), an average of -4.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Hythe and Dibden Community Association sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bliss Trust (£36k), The Rooftop Arts Centre (£36k) and West Meon Village Hall (£36k).

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.