GROVE PARK COMMUNITY GROUP

Registered charity 1046082 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RINGWAY - G P C G

To provide community facilities for people in the Grove Park area of the Borough of Lewisham, south east London.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£82k
Latest spending
£98k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £15,604 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing its retained reserves to £41,772. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and believe current funding is adequate to support operations for the medium term. The charity has no fixed assets and maintains its entire unrestricted fund as an emergency reserve.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Room hire
GPCG’s main income is from hiring out rooms to a wide variety of hobby, music, art and faith groups. — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: entire unrestricted fund into an emergency reserve (held: £42k)
The trustees have reviewed the organisation’s free reserves policy and have turned its entire unrestricted fund into an emergency reserve to enable GROVE PARK COMMUNITY GROUP to meet its obligations in the event of a shortfall in income or sudden upturn in expenditure or the dissolution of the charity. — 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lewisham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£82k£98k
31/03/2024£87k£122k
31/03/2023£90k£91k
31/03/2022£92k£106k
31/03/2021£72k£70k

Common questions

Is GROVE PARK COMMUNITY GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £15,604 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing its retained reserves to £41,772. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and believe current funding is adequate to support operations for the medium term. The charity has no fixed assets and maintains its entire unrestricted fund as an emergency reserve. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/01/2013£10kPatio and Disabled Access
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/10/2012£9k"Grove Park heritage and literary trail"
The National Lottery Community Fund16/04/2009£10kGrove Park Peace Garden