Festival of Britain (Itchen) Community Association

Analysis

Festival of Britain (Itchen) Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in April 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Festival of Britain (Itchen) Community Association reported income of £12k and spending of £14k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £17k to £12k (-26%), an average of -7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Festival of Britain (Itchen) Community Association sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wrightington Welfare Pensioners Association Mossy Lea Section (£12k), I W Federation of Townswomens Guilds (£12k) and The Horace Moore Charitable Trust (£12k).

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.