Highbury Area Community Association

Analysis

Highbury Area Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in August 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Highbury Area Community Association reported income of £37k and spending of £33k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £39k to £37k (-5.0%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Highbury Area Community Association sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Feniscowles and Pleasington War Memorial Recreation Ground (£37k), Seapoint Canoe Centre (£37k) and The Longhope Recreation Ground (£37k).