PRIORY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1059566 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

play-schemes, outings, christmas/halloween parties, training, youth projects,pensioners club,community consultation.

Objects

A) PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PRIORY ESTATE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TOGETHER DEFINED ON THE ATTACHED MAP AS THE AREA ABOUNDED BY CASTLE MILL WOODS, BIRMINGHAM NEW ROAD, THE BROADWAY, WRENS NEST HILL, DONKEY HILL PLAYING FIELDS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT THE 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. B) ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS. C)PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED

Area of benefit: SEE ABOVE

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 · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dudley, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£117k
Latest spending
£119k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £2,022 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £18,394 to £16,372. Despite the deficit, the charity holds current assets of £13,974 and reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Dudley

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£117k£119k
31/03/2024£93k£85k
31/03/2023£36k£41k
31/03/2022£21k£23k
16/03/2021£17k£9k

Common questions

Is PRIORY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £2,022 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £18,394 to £16,372. Despite the deficit, the charity holds current assets of £13,974 and reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. 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 Fund15/12/2023£18kKeeping Connected
The National Lottery Community Fund14/05/2018£5kSummer playscheme and youth club launch
The National Lottery Community Fund07/12/2005£3kYoung People's Achievement

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
JEREMY ALEXANDER SETTLEMENT1£166k
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST1£4k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PRIORY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£117k—0unclear—no doubt
PRIORY PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£49k——unclear—no doubt
THE PRIORY FOUNDATION FY2025£160k—0above—no doubt
PRIORITY MANAGEMENT LTD FY2025£66k—0below—no doubt
THE PRIMARY CLUB FY2025£209k—0within—no doubt
PRIMROSE BANK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£60k—0unclear—no doubt

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