Arbury Community Association

Analysis

Arbury Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in April 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Arbury Community Association reported income of £115k and spending of £131k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £87k to £115k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Arbury Community Association sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Think Children (£114k), Leek & District Agricultural Society (£115k) and Baildon Community Link (£114k).

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.