HER CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1070755 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activity is to provide advice, support and training opportunities to all women living, working or studying in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and,other areas in particular, for the advancement of training, education and the furtherance of health and the relief of poverty, distress and provision of social welfare.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES PRIMARILY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL FEMALE PERSONS LIVING, WORKING OR STUDYING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF GREENWICH AND OTHER AREAS, HEREIN AFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT" AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, PROMOTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF GREENWICH

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£722k
Latest spending
£689k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net asset position of £315,034, comprising £253,144 in unrestricted funds. The trustees report that while the year started in deficit, they are confident in finding sufficient money to meet service commitments, noting that gross income exceeded £250,000. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' turnover (held: £253k)
“The trustees have examined the requirement for free reserves which are those unrestricted funds not invested in fixed assets, designated for specific purposes or otherwise committed and have set a reserve target equal to 3 months’ turnover, as recommended by the Charity Commission.”
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.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Government income: £321,265 — grants £321,265 (6); 44% of the £722,412 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £251,850 — grants £251,850 (4); 42% of the £594,418 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 19
  • Government income: £285,711 — grants £285,711 (5); 44% of the £652,908 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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · linkedin

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£722k
Total spending
£689k
Reserves (reported)
£253k
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (58% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bexley · Greenwich

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£722k£689k
31/03/2024£594k£584k
31/03/2023£653k£693k
31/03/2022£781k£711k
31/03/2021£678k£651k

Common questions

Is HER CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net asset position of £315,034, comprising £253,144 in unrestricted funds. The trustees report that while the year started in deficit, they are confident in finding sufficient money to meet service commitments, noting that gross income exceeded £250,000. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HER CENTRE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HER CENTRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE BROOK TRUST, CHARLES PLATER TRUST, SMALLWOOD TRUST, The Goldsmiths' Foundation, LONDON CATALYST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2021£100k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2022£25k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2023£25k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2024£25k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2025£24k
CHARLES PLATER TRUSTFY2025£21k
SMALLWOOD TRUSTFY2021£19k
The Goldsmiths' FoundationFY2022£7kSir Martin Bowes Charity
The Goldsmiths' FoundationFY2023£7kRestricted Funds
LONDON CATALYSTFY2023£2kEvie's Gift ClO
The Goldsmiths' FoundationFY2021£30Restricted Funds

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation13/05/2024£326kGrant to Her Centre Ltd
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2024£20kBringing us together
City Bridge Foundation18/02/2021£121kGrant to Her Centre Ltd
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2020£10kLived experience creates knowledge
Greater London Authority01/10/2019£27kLondon Family Fund
City Bridge Foundation17/12/2018£2kEco audit to Her Centre Ltd
City Bridge Foundation11/05/2017£174kGrant to Her Centre Ltd
The National Lottery Community Fund13/07/2016£480kNew Leaf Project
The National Lottery Community Fund02/04/2015£464kMOVING FORWARD
The National Lottery Community Fund16/05/2013£458kNew Leaf
City Bridge Foundation28/04/2011£98kGrant to Her Centre Ltd
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2010£474kSurvivor 2 Thrivor Project (S2T)
The National Lottery Community Fund07/09/2006£144kTeenage Parenting Peer Mentoring Project

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WOMEN'S ORGANISATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HER CENTRE LIMITED£722k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WOMEN'S ORGANISATION FY2025£2.3m——unclear—no doubt
WOMEN'S TECHNOLOGY TRAINING LIMITED FY2025£1.4m—0above—no doubt
WOMENCENTRE HOMES FY2025£162k—0below—no doubt
ADVOCACY IN GREENWICH FY2025£144k—0unclear—no doubt
BEING WOMAN FY2025£122k—0unclear—no doubt

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