Holborn Community Association

Analysis

Holborn Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02344228). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Holborn Community Association reported income of £648k and spending of £617k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.8m to £648k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Holborn 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 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Taking Flight Theatre Company (£648k), Swindon Advocacy Movement (£649k) and Leeds Centre for Integrated Living (£647k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and donations and legacies 4.2%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £276k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.