LONGHEATH COMMUNITY CARE AND CHURCH CENTRE

Registered charity 1058336 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LCC & CC, LONGHEATH CENTRE

Provision of a community centre and promotion of activities therein

Objects

TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY THE RESIDENTS OF LONGHEATH GARDENS ESTATE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON, BY PROVISION OF LAND, BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC USE FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, DISABILITY, OLD AGE AND INFIRMITY, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND FOR THE PROMOTION OF MENTAL AND PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL WELFARE, BEING SUCH FACILITIES AS THESE PERSONS HAVE NEED OF, BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE,INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHICH FACILITIES WILL IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. TO ESTABLISH AND RUN A PROPERTY FUNDED AND MANAGED COMMUNITY CARE AND CHURCH CENTRE FOR THE LONGHEATH GARDENS ESTATE THROUGH AN EQUAL PARTNERSHIP OF LOCAL RESIDENTS, LOCAL CHURCHES [MONKS ORCHARD BAPTIST CHURCH AND ST GEORGE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH] AND SHIRLEY CHURCHES NEIGHBOURLY CARE SCHEME.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£37k
Latest spending
£25k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £11,708 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £37,130. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: funds are maintained at a level at which major annual commitments, payment of the annual insurance premium and a proportion of the year's routine other costs are covered (reserves figure: £37k)
“The Trustees have adopted a Reserves and Risk Management Policy under which funds are maintained at a level at which major annual commitments, payment of the annual insurance premium and a proportion of the year's routine other costs are covered.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £1,800 — grants £1,800 (1); 5% of the £33,707 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Croydon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£37k£25k
31/03/2024£39k£28k
31/03/2023£34k£26k
31/03/2022£25k£37k
31/03/2021£12k£19k

Common questions

Is LONGHEATH COMMUNITY CARE AND CHURCH CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £11,708 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £37,130. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON1£48k
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST1£10k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LONGHEATH COMMUNITY CARE AND CHURCH CENTRE£37k—0unclear—no doubt
BANHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION FY2025£60k—0unclear—no doubt
LENHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£76k—0above—no doubt
CAMBORNE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£141k—0unclear—no doubt
CHALKHILL COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD FY2025£224k—0unclear—no doubt
REHOBOTH INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE FY2025£165k—0unclear—no doubt

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