Mendlesham Community Charity

Analysis

Mendlesham Community Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in May 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2026, Mendlesham Community Charity reported income of £13k and spending of £13k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2022 to July 2026, income grew from £7,244 to £13k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 179%. Over the whole period it spent 256% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Mendlesham Community Charity sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kingsley Road Community Hall (£13k), Hood Tennis (£13k) and Beckett Recreation Ground (£13k).

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.