Woolston and District Community Association

Analysis

Woolston and District Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in October 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Woolston and District Community Association reported income of £42k and spending of £49k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £38k to £42k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Woolston and District Community Association sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Failand Village Hall (£42k), Langport Young People's Centre (£42k) and Faversham District Scout Council (£41k).

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.