The Ongar and District Community Association

Analysis

The Ongar and District Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in January 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Ongar and District Community Association reported income of £92k and spending of £68k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £32k to £92k (+191%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Ongar and District Community Association sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Llangynwyd Rangers Boys and Girls Club (£92k), 1st Holmes Chapel Scout Group (£92k) and Swansea Unit 331 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£92k).