STRATFORD ST ANDREW AND FARNHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1072551 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Riverside Centre Charity, SSA & FCC

Running a Community Centre / Village Hall

Objects

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 INHABITANTS OF STRATFORD ST ANDREW AND FARNHAM PARTICULARLY BY THE ESTABLISHMENT MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE.

Area of benefit: STRATFORD ST ANDREW AND FARNHAM

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

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Registered contact address: East Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£50k
Latest spending
£48k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £2,011 for the year ended 31 December 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Unrestricted reserves stood at £234,409, with the trustees confirming the organization is a going concern and planning to maintain hall bookings to support future improvements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 20

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£50k£48k
31/12/2024£41k£43k
31/12/2023£47k£43k
31/12/2022£24k£49k
31/12/2021£29k£34k

Common questions

Is STRATFORD ST ANDREW AND FARNHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £2,011 for the year ended 31 December 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Unrestricted reserves stood at £234,409, with the trustees confirming the organization is a going concern and planning to maintain hall bookings to support future improvements. 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 Fund17/03/2023£695Kings Coronation Celebration Tea Party for our Community
The National Lottery Community Fund01/07/2005£800Stratford At War

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FAIRFORD COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STRATFORD ST ANDREW AND FARNHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE£50k—0unclear—no doubt
FAIRFORD COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£61k—0unclear—no doubt
HARRATON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£68k—0below—no doubt
ST MARYS SOCIAL CENTRE FY2025£33k—0unclear—no doubt
COWFOLD VILLAGE HALL FY2024£33k—0unclear—no doubt
SWANMORE VILLAGE HALL FY2025£58k—0unclear—no doubt

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