Broadway Youth and Community Centre

Registered charity 1017828 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GRINDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Broadway Youth & Community Centre provides a hall with facilities for community use in the Grindon/Barnes area of Sunderland.Current activities include Children's Dance lessons, Toddler groups, fitness classes for all ages with Active Families NE, a meeting venue for the Association of Sunderland Town Women's Guilds, Broadway Towns Womens Guild and Sunderland & District Model Railway Society.

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Latest income

£28k

Latest spending

£24k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £3,744.16 for the year ended 31 March 2025, maintaining manageable expenditure despite rising energy and operational costs. The trustees report no concerns regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Unrestricted reserves are held at £5,000, with aspirations to build a six-month operating cost reserve in the future.

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: £5k; policy: six months of operating costs)

“The committee continues to have aspirations to generate a 6-month operating cost reserve in due course and the surplus from this financial year will be added to the small unrestricted reserve account. The committee has aspirations to grow the unrestricted reserves however due to the income generated primarily through funding and commissioned services it is not possible or a desire to generate a surplus from these activities. The reserves held are currently £5,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Kelly Broughamchair
ASHLEIGH THOMPSON
Amy Swan
Jessica Drennan
Samantha Candler

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

Operates in: Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£28k	£24k
31/03/2024	£36k	£32k
31/03/2023	£23k	£22k
31/03/2022	£4k	£5k
31/03/2021	£12k	£12k

Common questions

Is Broadway Youth and Community Centre financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £3,744.16 for the year ended 31 March 2025, maintaining manageable expenditure despite rising energy and operational costs. The trustees report no concerns regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Unrestricted reserves are held at £5,000, with aspirations to build a six-month operating cost reserve in the future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/09/2023	£8k	Dancing with Dementia