The Lanes Community Association

Analysis

The Lanes Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rotherham. It was registered in July 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Lanes Community Association reported income of £13k and spending of £17k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,550 to £13k (+424%), an average of +51% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 435%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Lanes Community Association sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Armenian House Limited (£13k), Cranbrook in Bloom (£13k) and Friends of Longlevens Junior School (£13k).