Patcham Community Association

Analysis

Patcham Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in May 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Patcham Community Association reported income of £70k and spending of £64k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £33k to £70k (+111%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Patcham Community Association sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Selby Miner's Welfare Scheme (£70k), The Derry Hill and Studley Village Hall Trust (£70k) and St Mary's Centre Community Hall (£70k).