HOLLY LODGE CENTRE

Registered charity 1076741 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A resource centre for environmental and historical education and interpretation, especially in relation to Richmond Park in Surrey, with a particular focus on those with special needs,ensuring that facilities are accessible to all.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES OR OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS IN SUBJECTS SUCH AS THE ENVIRONMENT AND HISTORY, ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO RICHMOND PARK AND IN SUCH OTHER SUBJECTS OR MATTERS AS THE CHARITY MAY DECIDE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£152k
Latest spending
£183k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased by 5% to £152,340, while total costs rose to £182,686, resulting in a net deficit of £30,346 for the year. The Trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £68,000, which they consider sufficient to ensure the charity can continue operating as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and grants (75% of income)
“Total donations and legacies 113,734”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient to ensure The Holly Lodge Centre can continue operating as a going concern, providing financial stability and flexibility to meet ongoing commitments and unforeseen needs (held: £68k)
“The Board of Trustees has reviewed the reserves policy in line with Charity Commission guidance. As at year-end, unrestricted reserves, all of which were unrestricted, stood at £68,000. The Trustees consider this level to be sufficient to ensure The Holly Lodge Centre can continue operating as a going concern” — page 14
Per its FY2026 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 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 75

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 75

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

  • Volunteers: 75

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Holly Lodge Centre (matched by registered charity number).

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): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£152k£183k
31/03/2025£161k£172k
31/03/2024£146k£157k
31/03/2023£139k£130k
31/03/2022£107k£112k

Common questions

Is HOLLY LODGE CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased by 5% to £152,340, while total costs rose to £182,686, resulting in a net deficit of £30,346 for the year. The Trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £68,000, which they consider sufficient to ensure the charity can continue operating as a going concern. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOLLY LODGE CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOLLY LODGE CENTRE as a grant recipient include Richmond Foundation, WATES FOUNDATION LIMITED, The Barnes Fund, SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST, THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Barnes FundFY2024Unverified read£328kEducation
Richmond FoundationFY2025£19kProject Grant
Richmond FoundationFY2024£18kGrant awarded in 2023/24
Richmond FoundationFY2023£18kEnhancing community cohesion
WATES FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£10kGrant to Holly Lodge Centre
The Barnes FundFY2021£6kEducation - Organisation Core Funding
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUSTFY2024£5k
The Barnes FundFY2023£3kOrganisation Core Funding
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2021£3k
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GARDENERS OF LONDON CHARITYFY2024£3k
CLA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£2k
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GARDENERS OF LONDON CHARITYFY2024£2k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
The Barnes FundFY2022£750Organisation Core Funding
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GARDENERS OF LONDON CHARITYFY2024£500

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

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/07/2026£19kWinter Activities Programme 2026 and 2027
The National Lottery Community Fund23/08/2024£18kWinter Activities Programme 2024 and 2025
The National Lottery Community Fund21/05/2004£5kArtist Residency

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 HOLLY LODGE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOLLY LODGE CENTRE£152k—0unclear—no doubt
HOLLY LODGE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£59k—0above—no doubt
WHITE LODGE CENTRE FY2025£3.3m——unclear—no doubt
CUMBERLAND LODGE FY2025£3.0m£110,001 - £120,000—below—no doubt
HOLLOWAY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTRE FY2025£71k—0unclear—no doubt
GALLEYWOOD HERITAGE CENTRE FY2025£183k—0unclear—no doubt

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