Castlehaven Community Association

Analysis

Castlehaven Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02069107). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Castlehaven Community Association reported income of £782k and spending of £831k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.0m to £782k (-23%), an average of -6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Castlehaven Community Association sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British School of Watchmaking (£782k), The Godiva Awakes Trust (£783k) and Ludlow and District Community Association (£781k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89%, charitable activities 7.6% and investments 3.3%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £693k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.

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.