Southwick Community Association

Analysis

Southwick Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Southwick Community Association reported income of £333k and spending of £351k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £122k to £333k (+172%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Southwick Community Association sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Devon Railway Trust (£333k), National Children's Choir of Great Britain (£333k) and The Joseph Rowntree Theatre Limited (£332k).