Waltham Abbey Community Association

Analysis

Waltham Abbey Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Waltham Abbey. It was registered in October 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Waltham Abbey Community Association reported income of £75k and spending of £80k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £54k to £75k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Waltham Abbey Community Association sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grove Park School PTA (£75k), Council for Voluntary Service Northampton and County (£75k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of East Farnworth and Kearsley (£75k).

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.