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SHOREHAM COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1070530 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHOREHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LTD

We hire rooms for all kinds of uses: Adult Education, U3A, exercise classes, art & theatre classes as well as yoga, karate, pilates, weight watchers, blood donations, childrens activities, parties, wedding receptions etc. We also have monthly and ad hoc dances. weekly markets & monthly Art & Craft Fairs.

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SHOREHAM-BY-SEA AND NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF DISABILITY, SEX, COLOUR, RACE OF OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS 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. (2) TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY LOCAL AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE PREMISES KNOWN AS THE SHOREHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE, POND ROAD, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE ASSOCIATION AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS. (3) THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION.

Area of benefit: SHOREHAM-BY-SEA AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.

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 · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£299k
Latest spending
£307k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net loss of £7,898 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £298,614 and total expenditure of £306,512. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £197,974 remain above their stated policy target of three months' annual expenditure. The charity acknowledges a principal risk regarding the lack of a formal lease with the local authority.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Lettings and rentals (54% of income)
“Lettings and rentals 161,625” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £198k)
“The reserves held remain above the three month’s worth of annual expenditure that would be in line with Charity Commission's recommendation” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: SCT Trading Limited
“SCT Trading Limited This is a subsidiary company of Shoreham Community Trust. It was set up during 2019 to provide a licenced bar service”
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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£299k£307k
31/03/2024£313k£315k
31/03/2023£280k£259k
31/03/2022£216k£232k
31/03/2021£146k£197k

Common questions

Is SHOREHAM COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net loss of £7,898 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £298,614 and total expenditure of £306,512. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £197,974 remain above their stated policy target of three months' annual expenditure. The charity acknowledges a principal risk regarding the lack of a formal lease with the local authority. 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 Fund30/08/2018£5kPatrick Burke at the Shoreham Centre