Bowburn Community Association

Analysis

Bowburn Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in November 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bowburn Community Association reported income of £81k and spending of £77k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £144k to £81k (-44%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bowburn Community Association sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Youth4Youth Ltd (£81k), Hannah's Holiday Home Appeal (£81k) and Society for Vascular Technology of Great Britain and Ireland (£81k).