Community Ventures (Middlesbrough) Ltd

Analysis

Community Ventures (Middlesbrough) Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesbrough. It was registered in May 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02456427). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Ventures (Middlesbrough) Ltd reported income of £949k and spending of £904k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £115k to £949k (+722%), an average of +69% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Ventures (Middlesbrough) Ltd sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reb Shayele's Kitchen (£947k), Emmaus Mossley (£950k) and Friends of B'ezri (£946k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 55%, donations and legacies 11% and trading 6.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £46k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.