Community Connex Ltd.

Analysis

Community Connex Ltd. is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in October 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02050929). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Connex Ltd. reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.8m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.6m to £2.5m (-4.3%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Community Connex Ltd. sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Scotts Project Trust (£2.5m), Kite College (£2.5m) and Exeter City Community Trust (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87%, trading 9.1%, donations and legacies 2.3% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.4%. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 70 people.