COMMUNITY ACTION HAMPSHIRE
Registered charity 1053806 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Provides information & representation for Hampshire's voluntary & community sector (VCS), & rural communities.Promotes community based decision making & action.Promotes equal partnership between VCS, private & public sectors.Manages projects which enhance the work of the VCS and life in rural communities.Provides social enterprise training
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a small net deficit for the year, primarily due to investment losses, despite an operational surplus. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £631,340 represent 28 months of unrestricted expenditure, which is significantly above the stated policy target of six months. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern based on this strong balance sheet and available funds.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £631k)
“The Board aims to maintain free reserves of at least six months of unrestricted expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£80k
Reported reserves equal ~8.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Richard Andrew Barrittchair
- David Ian Laing
- Dr Jane Elizabeth Brooks
- Dr Tika Ratna
- Francesca Linda Cockshull
- Ian Bowes · trustee of 1 other charity
- Jacqui Helen Evans
- Julie Ann Amies · trustee of 1 other charity
- Katie Louise Muncer
- Nagina Kaleem
- Sarah Elizabeth Quarterman · trustee of 1 other charity
- Victoria Suzanne Dolan
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Hampshire · Isle Of Wight · Portsmouth City · Southampton City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is COMMUNITY ACTION HAMPSHIRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small net deficit for the year, primarily due to investment losses, despite an operational surplus. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £631,340 represent 28 months of unrestricted expenditure, which is significantly above the stated policy target of six months. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern based on this strong balance sheet and available funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION HAMPSHIRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITY ACTION HAMPSHIRE as a grant recipient include LOCAL TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
Funders of similar charities
Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.
Charities like this
Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
Side by side with its peers
Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.