Handbridge Community Association

Analysis

Handbridge Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in October 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Handbridge Community Association reported income of £18k and spending of £6,350, leaving 65% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £29k to £18k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 361%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Handbridge Community Association sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Surrey Gardens Trust (£18k), High Salvington Mill Trust Limited (£18k) and Eastwell Village Hall (£18k).