Kennet Valley Community Association

Analysis

Kennet Valley Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in August 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Kennet Valley Community Association reported income of £42k and spending of £45k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £67k to £42k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Kennet Valley Community Association sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Comrades Hall (£42k), Thornbury Area Youth Music (£42k) and Whalton Village Hall Trust (£42k).

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.