VENTURE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1073115 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VENTURE CENTRE, VENTURE COMMUNITY CENTRE

A community centre for learning, personal growth and enjoyment

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF NORTH KENSINGTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO RELIEVE POVERTY, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE - OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF PLAY AND OTHER FACILITIES (INCLUDING PLAY FACILITIES) TO HELP AND EDUCATE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 21 YEARS WHO ARE RESIDENT OR ATTEND SCHOOLS IN THE NORTH KENSINGTON DISTRICT OF THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA, PARTICULARLY NORTH KENSINGTON

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £95,621 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £105,664. The trustees note that fundraising income decreased due to a tough economic environment, while expenditure increased primarily due to higher salary costs. The charity remains dependent on continued funding from bodies like the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to sustain its operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (74% 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: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Fergus
• Huey Walker
• Karina Skinner
• MONICA BARO
• Nadia Elrashid Nail
• Nicole Belfon-George

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

Operates in: Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VENTURE ARTS.

• VENTURE ARTS income £1.4m
• THE VENTURE TRUST income £2.2m
• THE VENTURE (WREXHAM) LIMITED income £670k
• NEW VENTURE PRODUCTIONS income £117k
• KENNET VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £42k
• COMMUNITY VENTURES (MIDDLESBROUGH) LTD income £949k

Side by side with its peers

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