The Wickford Community Association

Analysis

The Wickford Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in January 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Wickford Community Association reported income of £186k and spending of £184k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £120k to £186k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Wickford Community Association sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Creative Future (£186k), Dallow Development Trust Ltd (£186k) and Sam Beare Hospice (£186k).