Merley Community Association

Analysis

Merley Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in August 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Merley Community Association reported income of £56k and spending of £49k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £54k to £56k (+2.5%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Merley Community Association sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southampton Unit 311 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£56k), 8th Squirrels Heath (Harold Wood) Scout Group (£56k) and 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group (£56k).