Vicarage Farm Community Association

Analysis

Vicarage Farm Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wellingborough. It was registered in November 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Vicarage Farm Community Association reported income of £88k and spending of £20k, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2023, income grew from £26k to £88k (+238%), an average of +84% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 185%. Over the whole period it spent 33% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Vicarage Farm Community Association sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Argoed Sports Association (£88k), Ryton and Crawcrook Albion (Youth) Football Club CFC (£88k) and Freemantle and Shirley Community Centre (£88k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.