The Somers Town Community Association (Camden)

Analysis

The Somers Town Community Association (Camden) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01903408). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Somers Town Community Association (Camden) reported income of £956k and spending of £977k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £886k to £956k (+8.0%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Somers Town Community Association (Camden) sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Brokerage Citylink (£956k), East Durham Partnership Limited (£957k) and Hope Housing (Bradford) Ltd (£955k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, donations and legacies 2.9% and investments 2.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £557k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.