BONNY DOWNS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1071625 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Create and support a range of activities and events to promote well being and healthy living.Develop the provision of advice support and councelling services.Create and support a range of activities and provision to improve the health and well being of elders and their carers.Develop and support activities/events that promote the well being & development of children, young people + families

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.1m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £46,385 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £948,691 to £901,038. The trustees maintain that free reserves of £347,989 are sufficient to continue operations, noting that the budgeted income and expenditure for the next 12 months are adequate to support the going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (48% of income)

“The principal funding sources are grants £541,664” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: two and three months of total expenditure (held: £348k)

“The Reserves Policy set by Trustees is to hold reserves of between two and three months of total expenditure.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Bonny Downs Baptist Church

“Bonny Downs Baptist Church — formed the charity and some of the directors / trustees are also members of the church, The Church hires space at the Well Community centre and BOCA hires space at the church, a) hire of premises 11,767 1,140 (1,807) * 8,531 24,860 (2,200) 10,980 b) donations 1,140 ® * = 60 « * € c) activity costs, consumables 600 E (210) : 577 a (232) € At 31/3/2025 13,507 1,140 (2,017) s 9,168 24,860 (2,432) °”

“NEWway (partner in homelessness project funded by London Borough of Newham) a) project delivery under service level agreement . - - 2 53,870 : = - b) re-imbursement of staff secondment 2 $ - - 409 = = = c)donations 1,455 = * oT 1,875 - : # d) activity costs, consumables and training 461 2,546 (88) - 316 357 (223) - e) hire of premises 34,382 - (7,383) - - - - - At 31/3/2025 36,298 2,546 (7,471) - 56,470 357 (223) -”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: NEWway

“Bonny Downs Baptist Church — formed the charity and some of the directors / trustees are also members of the church, The Church hires space at the Well Community centre and BOCA hires space at the church, a) hire of premises 11,767 1,140 (1,807) * 8,531 24,860 (2,200) 10,980 b) donations 1,140 ® * = 60 « * € c) activity costs, consumables 600 E (210) : 577 a (232) € At 31/3/2025 13,507 1,140 (2,017) s 9,168 24,860 (2,432) °”

“NEWway (partner in homelessness project funded by London Borough of Newham) a) project delivery under service level agreement . - - 2 53,870 : = - b) re-imbursement of staff secondment 2 $ - - 409 = = = c)donations 1,455 = * oT 1,875 - : # d) activity costs, consumables and training 461 2,546 (88) - 316 357 (223) - e) hire of premises 34,382 - (7,383) - - - - - At 31/3/2025 36,298 2,546 (7,471) - 56,470 357 (223) -”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Newham Cricket Club

“Bonny Downs Baptist Church — formed the charity and some of the directors / trustees are also members of the church, The Church hires space at the Well Community centre and BOCA hires space at the church, a) hire of premises 11,767 1,140 (1,807) * 8,531 24,860 (2,200) 10,980 b) donations 1,140 ® * = 60 « * € c) activity costs, consumables 600 E (210) : 577 a (232) € At 31/3/2025 13,507 1,140 (2,017) s 9,168 24,860 (2,432) °”

“NEWway (partner in homelessness project funded by London Borough of Newham) a) project delivery under service level agreement . - - 2 53,870 : = - b) re-imbursement of staff secondment 2 $ - - 409 = = = c)donations 1,455 = * oT 1,875 - : # d) activity costs, consumables and training 461 2,546 (88) - 316 357 (223) - e) hire of premises 34,382 - (7,383) - - - - - At 31/3/2025 36,298 2,546 (7,471) - 56,470 357 (223) -”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Renewal Programme

“Bonny Downs Baptist Church — formed the charity and some of the directors / trustees are also members of the church, The Church hires space at the Well Community centre and BOCA hires space at the church, a) hire of premises 11,767 1,140 (1,807) * 8,531 24,860 (2,200) 10,980 b) donations 1,140 ® * = 60 « * € c) activity costs, consumables 600 E (210) : 577 a (232) € At 31/3/2025 13,507 1,140 (2,017) s 9,168 24,860 (2,432) °”

“NEWway (partner in homelessness project funded by London Borough of Newham) a) project delivery under service level agreement . - - 2 53,870 : = - b) re-imbursement of staff secondment 2 $ - - 409 = = = c)donations 1,455 = * oT 1,875 - : # d) activity costs, consumables and training 461 2,546 (88) - 316 357 (223) - e) hire of premises 34,382 - (7,383) - - - - - At 31/3/2025 36,298 2,546 (7,471) - 56,470 357 (223) -”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Community Albums

“Bonny Downs Baptist Church — formed the charity and some of the directors / trustees are also members of the church, The Church hires space at the Well Community centre and BOCA hires space at the church, a) hire of premises 11,767 1,140 (1,807) * 8,531 24,860 (2,200) 10,980 b) donations 1,140 ® * = 60 « * € c) activity costs, consumables 600 E (210) : 577 a (232) € At 31/3/2025 13,507 1,140 (2,017) s 9,168 24,860 (2,432) °”

“NEWway (partner in homelessness project funded by London Borough of Newham) a) project delivery under service level agreement . - - 2 53,870 : = - b) re-imbursement of staff secondment 2 $ - - 409 = = = c)donations 1,455 = * oT 1,875 - : # d) activity costs, consumables and training 461 2,546 (88) - 316 357 (223) - e) hire of premises 34,382 - (7,383) - - - - - At 31/3/2025 36,298 2,546 (7,471) - 56,470 357 (223) -”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bonny Downs Community Association (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Sarah Laing — CEO (source)
David Mann — 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Kualo — “We would also like to thank Kualo , for hosting our website as part of their Free Charity Hosting initiative.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income

£1.1m

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£36k

Reserves (reported)

£348k

Employees

36

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (61% 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: 3.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID MANNchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Adjoa Henewa Kwarteng
Ajitha Sadanandan BEM
Andrew Mark Brown
BRIAN JOHN DEXTER · trustee of 1 other charity
Deborah Anne Crawford
Luke Richard Thomas Matthews
Nancy Maguire
Nigel Brook

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

Operates in: Newham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.1m	£1.2m
31/03/2024	£1.5m	£1.4m
31/03/2023	£1.2m	£1.3m
31/03/2022	£1.3m	£1.2m
31/03/2021	£1.3m	£1.1m

Common questions

Is BONNY DOWNS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £46,385 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £948,691 to £901,038. The trustees maintain that free reserves of £347,989 are sufficient to continue operations, noting that the budgeted income and expenditure for the next 12 months are adequate to support the going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co.

Who funds BONNY DOWNS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BONNY DOWNS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON, EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND, KUSUMA TRUST UK, THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	FY2024	£40k	Older People & Housing
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	FY2025	£37k	Older People & Housing
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	FY2023	£37k	Older People & Housing
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	FY2022	£37k	Older People & Housing Programme
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£31k	Skills and Employment for Young People
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£30k	Youth Employment Support
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND	FY2025	£25k	Enriched to Be meals and health education
KUSUMA TRUST UK	FY2023	£25k	Growing Well
KUSUMA TRUST UK	FY2024	£25k	Growing Well
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£11k	Holiday Activities for Young People
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k	Skills and Employment for Young People
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k	Holiday Activities for Young People
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£9k	Summer Activities for Young People
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST	FY2022	£5k	The Mount Fund - Homelessness
WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INSURERS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF PLAISTERERS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k	General Charitable Grants

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The Mercers' Company	04/12/2024	£112k	Grant to Bonny Downs Community Association
City Bridge Foundation	11/05/2024	£2k	Grant to Bonny Downs Community Association (BDCA)
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/07/2023	£10k	MH - Empower Youth Newham Summer 2023
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/06/2023	£65k	"Living Well"
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/05/2023	£10k	Improving Community Sports on Flanders Field
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/12/2022	£500k	Newham Recovery and Reconnection Project
Crowdfunder	15/11/2022	£4k	Local Action Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/03/2022	£10k	Debt and Money Advice for Foodbank users
City Bridge Foundation	09/03/2022	£73k	Grant to Bonny Downs Community Association (BDCA)
The Mercers' Company	24/09/2021	£114k	Grant to Bonny Downs Community Association
Sport England	03/08/2021	£10k	TGC CF BDCA Sports
Sport England	01/03/2021	£10k	COVID19 Return to Play
The Mercers' Company	25/01/2021	£6k	Covid-19 Rapid Response Fund Grant
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/12/2019	£10k	BDCA Outreach and Inclusion Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/11/2018	£55k	Active and Connected Project
City Bridge Foundation	14/11/2018	£101k	Grant to Bonny Downs Community Association (BDCA)
City Bridge Foundation	16/10/2018	£44k	Grant to Bonny Downs Community Association (BDCA)
Sport England	08/08/2018	£99k	Active for Life
The Mercers' Company	24/04/2018	£44k	Grant to Bonny Downs Community Association
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/04/2018	£10k	Flanders Playing Field World Cup Celebration Events
City Bridge Foundation	12/08/2016	£3k	Eco audit to Bonny Downs Community Association (BDCA)
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/10/2014	£400k	Active and Connected Elders Project
Sport England	07/05/2014	£207k	East Ham Active
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/05/2014	£10k	Better Together
Sport England	12/06/2013	£3k	Outdoor Ping! on Flanders Playing Field, East Ham, London

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£110k
Point North Community Foundation	1	£24k
THE FUNDING NETWORK	1	£15k
GERALD PALMER ELING TRUST COMPANY	1	£10k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£8k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)	1	£5k
THE DWF FOUNDATION	1	£5k
THE S M B TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

WHEATLEY HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £336k
MOORDOWN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £126k
CHINLEY BUXWORTH & BROWNSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £124k
RESPONSE ORGANISATION income £17.0m
SONSHINE CLUB income £137k
TRINITY CHILDCARE AND FAMILY CENTRE LTD income £566k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BONNY DOWNS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION	£1.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WHEATLEY HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£336k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
MOORDOWN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2024	£126k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
CHINLEY BUXWORTH & BROWNSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£124k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RESPONSE ORGANISATION FY2025	£17.0m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
SONSHINE CLUB FY2025	£137k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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