Parkwood Community Association

Analysis

Parkwood Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gillingham. It was registered in March 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Parkwood Community Association reported income of £387k and spending of £427k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £306k to £387k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Parkwood 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 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Easton Gymnastics Club (£387k), Fred Perry Tennis Trust (£388k) and Plymouth Swallows School of Gymnastics (£385k).

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.