Covent Garden Social and Crafts Centre Association
Analysis
Covent Garden Social and Crafts Centre Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Covent Garden Social and Crafts Centre Association reported income of £464k and spending of £465k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £274k to £464k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 119%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Covent Garden Social and Crafts Centre Association sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Family Groups Limited (£464k), Cove Parochial Church Council (£465k) and The King's Cross Church and Junction, Hexthorpe, Doncaster (£464k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of central London, including Covent Garden, St Giles and Bloomsbury, the area bounded by the Strand, Aldwych, Kingsway, Great Russell Street and Charing Cross Road to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation, leisure and educational occupations with the object of improving the condition of life for said inhabitants.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Family Groups Limited | London | £464k |
| Cove Parochial Church Council | Hampshire | £465k |
| The King's Cross Church and Junction, Hexthorpe, Doncaster | South Yorkshire | £464k |
| North East Windhill Community Association | Shipley | £465k |