Writtle Community Association

Analysis

Writtle Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in February 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Writtle Community Association reported income of £54k and spending of £58k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £57k to £54k (-5.3%), an average of -1.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Writtle Community Association sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Henley Symphony Orchestra (£54k), Exeter Festival Chorus (£54k) and King Edward the Sixth Grammar School, Bury St Edmunds, Foundation (£54k).