FRONT LANE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1055451 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of local community hall for local people and groups

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF UPMINSTER WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS

Area of benefit: CRANHAM AND UPMINSTER

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

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Registered contact address: Havering, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£30k
Latest spending
£39k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £9,073.94 for the year ended March 2025, reducing its total unrestricted reserves to £93,937.78. The trustees report that these reserves remain within their stated target range of £75,000 to £90,000, which is held as a contingency for future building repairs and maintenance under a fully repairing lease.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between £75,000 to £90,000 (held: £94k)
“The Association aims to holds reserves between f75,000 to f90,000 as a contingency for future building repairs and maintenance.” — page 6
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex · Havering

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£30k£39k
31/03/2024£27k£26k
31/03/2023£25k£23k
31/03/2022£33k£16k
31/03/2021£24k£11k

Common questions

Is FRONT LANE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £9,073.94 for the year ended March 2025, reducing its total unrestricted reserves to £93,937.78. The trustees report that these reserves remain within their stated target range of £75,000 to £90,000, which is held as a contingency for future building repairs and maintenance under a fully repairing lease. 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 Fund06/08/2014£7kCranham Social Hall Exterior and Interior Re modernisation
The National Lottery Community Fund10/05/2012£9kCranham Social Hall Toilet Renovation Project

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FRONT LANE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£30k—0above—no doubt
HILDA LANE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2024£52k—0unclear—no doubt
PRIORY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£117k—0unclear—no doubt
FRATTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£300k—0below—no doubt
CWMAVON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£34k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£1.3m—0below—no doubt

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