COMMUNITY ACTION SUTTON
Registered charity 1063129 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUTTON CENTRE FOR THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR CHARITY COMPANY, SUTTON CENTRE FOR VOLUNTARY SECTOR CHARITY COMPANY, SUTTON CENTRE FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE CHARITY COMPANY
Supporting and resourcing the voluntary and community sector in Sutton, Surrey.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity held £1,757,383 in total funds at the end of the year, with unrestricted reserves of £217,360. The trustees' report notes a reserves policy to maintain sufficient reserves to cover at least three months of operating expenditure, which the current unrestricted general fund meets. The auditor confirmed the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Trading subsidiary: Creative Payroll Solutions Limited
“The company’s investment in its subsidiary company represents the cost of acquisition of the whole of the ordinary share capital of Creative Payroll Solutions Limited, which provides payroll services previously provided by Community Action Sutton Charity Company.” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Community Action Sutton (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Simon Breeze — Chief Executive (source)
- Jenny Sims — Chair (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£11k
Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (14/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (30/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- JENNY SIMSchair
- Amie Stace
- Bob Harrison
- Lawrence Imrie
- Louise Kelly · trustee of 1 other charity
- Polly Pereschino
- Vanessa McCain
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Surrey
Income and spending
Common questions
Is COMMUNITY ACTION SUTTON financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held £1,757,383 in total funds at the end of the year, with unrestricted reserves of £217,360. The trustees' report notes a reserves policy to maintain sufficient reserves to cover at least three months of operating expenditure, which the current unrestricted general fund meets. The auditor confirmed the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd.
Government & lottery funding
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