SHREWSBURY HOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1011659 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHREWSBURY HOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

We are a community association managed by a board of trustees supplying a venue and supported activities for a number of local groups, including young children to the elderly, attending various activities to improve their quality of life.

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SHREWSBURY HOUSE AREA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF GREENWICH BY ASSOCIATING THE INHABITANTS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND T0 PROVIDE FACILITIES IN INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN ORDER TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS OF LIFE2) TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE IT IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF GREENWICH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£279k

Latest spending

£290k

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a modest loss of approximately £12k for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves falling to £130,597. The trustees note that this financial position is below their targeted policy of holding nine months of expenses in cash, which corresponded to approximately £165k. Despite the shortfall, the trustees confirm the charity remains in a satisfactory state to continue providing services to the local community.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £131k; policy: nine months of expenses)

“For the latest financial year, 9 months of ongoing expenses corresponded to ~£165k, above the ~£130k we had in cash at year end.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02695822

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

BAKER, Iris — director, appointed 13/01/2026on trustee list
ADELADUN, Babawonuade — director, appointed 31/07/2025on trustee list
MACDOUGAL, Sally — director, appointed 21/02/2023on trustee list
SHEATH, Geoffrey Vincent — director, appointed 04/03/2022on trustee list
HALPIN, Kate — director, appointed 20/11/2020on trustee list
MARTIN, Duncan Richard — director, appointed 20/11/2020on trustee list
MACFARLANE, Jessica — director, appointed 10/08/2017on trustee list
BROCKMAN, Andrew William — director, appointed 10/08/2017on trustee list
MARTIN, Duncan Richard — secretary, appointed 07/07/2024

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Sally Macdougalchair
Andrew Brockman
Duncan Richard Martin
Geoffrey Vincent Sheath
Iris Baker
Jessica MacFarlane
John Mills
Kate Halpin
ROBERT BELFIELD
babawonuade adeyinka adeladun

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

Operates in: Greenwich

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£279k	£290k
31/03/2024	£229k	£216k
31/03/2023	£196k	£206k
31/03/2022	£204k	£172k
31/03/2021	£147k	£129k

Common questions

Is SHREWSBURY HOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a modest loss of approximately £12k for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves falling to £130,597. The trustees note that this financial position is below their targeted policy of holding nine months of expenses in cash, which corresponded to approximately £165k. Despite the shortfall, the trustees confirm the charity remains in a satisfactory state to continue providing services to the local community. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST	1	£154k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£40k
Point North Community Foundation	1	£24k
THE FUNDING NETWORK	1	£15k
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHIRLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

SHIRLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £200k
SHERWOOD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO income £113k
WHEATLEY HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £336k
BROWNHILLS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £952k
OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD income £549k
FEARON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £305k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SHREWSBURY HOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED	£279k	—	below	—	no doubt
SHIRLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£200k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHERWOOD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO FY2025	£113k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WHEATLEY HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£336k	—	unclear	—	noted
BROWNHILLS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£952k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD FY2025	£549k	—	above	—	no doubt

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