Crawley Community Action

Registered charity 1094699 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CRAWLEY COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SERVICE, CRAWLEY COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Charity's Aims..........General Charitable Purposes.Education/TrainingDisabilityRelief of PovertyCharity Helps.........People with disability/Special needsOther CharitiesHow the Charity Operates........Provides human resource (eg staff/volunteers)Provides buildings/facilities/open spaceProvides advocacy/advice/informationActs as an umbrella or resource body

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£658k
Latest spending
£512k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £449,713, exceeding the trustees' stated policy target range of £281,250 to £343,750. The charity reported a net income of £146,026 and holds a provision of £2,740 for potential pension scheme withdrawal liabilities.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between £281,250 - £343,750 (held: £450k)
“Therefore, the reserves policy has increased to between £281,250 - £343,750.” — 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.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARDSocial Prescribing Service - Crawley——

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£658k
Total spending
£512k
Reserves (reported)
£523k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~12.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (71% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£658k£512k
31/03/2024£516k£453k
31/03/2023£648k£492k
31/03/2022£551k£499k
31/03/2021£446k£454k

Common questions

Is Crawley Community Action financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £449,713, exceeding the trustees' stated policy target range of £281,250 to £343,750. The charity reported a net income of £146,026 and holds a provision of £2,740 for potential pension scheme withdrawal liabilities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Crawley Community Action?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Crawley Community Action as a grant recipient include THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, Moto Foundation.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£82k
Moto FoundationFY2021£750Community Grant

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund12/02/2026£262kSupporting disadvantaged Crawley residents to volunteer in their local community
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2022£179kCrawley Volunteers
Postcode Lottery26/03/2022£21kCrawley Community Leaders Support
The National Lottery Community Fund18/04/2012£375Empowering the Voluntary Sector - Public Law Course
The National Lottery Community Fund16/02/2006£5kVolunteer Support

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 CRAWLEY OPEN HOUSE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Crawley Community Action£658k—0above—no doubt
CRAWLEY OPEN HOUSE FY2025£2.1m——unclear—no doubt
CRAWLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2024£315k—0above—no doubt
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt
NHANCED COMMUNITIES FY2025£182k—0unclear—no doubt
CITY PRAISE CENTRE CIO FY2025£763k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.