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Ringwood and District Community Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 301929RingwoodDisability
Income£345k2025-08-31
Spending£304ksame year
Spent / received88%5-year average
Size in its cause84th pctDisability
Registered1962Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Ringwood and District Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ringwood. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Ringwood and District Community Association reported income of £345k and spending of £304k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £201k to £345k (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Ringwood and District Community Association sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Deafconnect (£344k), Wiltshire Portage (£345k) and Human Aid Foundation (£344k).

Income and spending

£0£86k£172k£258k£345k2021 Income: £200,6562021 Spending: £169,81720212022 Income: £213,2822022 Spending: £232,13520222023 Income: £314,8952023 Spending: £262,05520232024 Income: £318,3982024 Spending: £261,21220242025 Income: £344,5372025 Spending: £304,2252025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

Adult education classes including languages, art, craft, yoga, exercise, judo, dancing, lip reading, 20 clubs covering interests such as garden, antiques, travel, bridge, art, philately, disabled, blind, also youth and pre-school. Day schools in music, archaeology, history, astronomy. 100 affiliated organisations many of which meet at Greyfriars, social functions including quizzes, cinema, suppers

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Human Aid FoundationBirmingham£344k
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