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.

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

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.

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 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

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
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