WESLEY HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD

Registered charity 1076840 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WESLEY HALL COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED

Ante Natal GroupPost Natal GroupParent/Toddler GroupPre School PlaygroupKarate groups for young boys and girlsWomens' exercise and activity groups including Mendhi classes and craft groupsDiabetic Advice classesEnglish classesDay Centre for people recovering from mental illnessElders group community cafe

Objects

ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, AND IN PARTICULAR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING , THE PROVISION OF LEISURE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE PROMOTION OF RELIGION

Area of benefit: THE NORTH HIGHFIELDS AREA OF LEICESTER

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£761k
Latest spending
£693k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an overall surplus of £67,052 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £488,784. The trustees report that the centre managed well financially during the recovery period and secured various grants to support its activities. Per the auditors' report, there are no material uncertainties relating to the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: M V Chambers Bromwell received £4,653 to run antenatal classes.
“During the year ended 31 March 2025 a trustee, M V Chambers Bromwell, received £4,653 to run antenatal classes as an activity under the Reaching Under 5s funding. There were no other trustee's remuneration or benefits for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Wesley Hall Methodist Church, connected to trustees M Chambers, K Faller and I Selvanyagam, charged rent, licence, gas and electricity.
“M Chambers, K Faller and I Selvanyagam (trustees) are also members of the council of the Wesley Hall Methodist Church. During the year Wesley Hall Methodist Church charged Wesley Hall Community Centre £48,895 (2024 £58,513) for rent, licence, gas and electricity in respect of the use of the community centre property.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sturgess Hutchinson (Leicester) Limited. Discloses 4 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.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

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

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

Total income
£761k
Total spending
£693k
Reserves (reported)
£473k
Employees
22

Reported reserves equal ~8.2 months of spending — above 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: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£761k£693k
31/03/2024£678k£621k
31/03/2023£587k£499k
31/03/2022£441k£346k
31/03/2021£429k£393k

Common questions

Is WESLEY HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an overall surplus of £67,052 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £488,784. The trustees report that the centre managed well financially during the recovery period and secured various grants to support its activities. Per the auditors' report, there are no material uncertainties relating to the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sturgess Hutchinson (Leicester) Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2024£387kWesley Hall Families and Under Fives Support Project
The National Lottery Community Fund15/08/2024£19kThe Bright Minds Project
The National Lottery Community Fund30/09/2021£305kWesley Hall Families and Under Fives Support Project
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2021£10kWesley Hall Community Support Project
The National Lottery Community Fund22/06/2018£10kThe Elderly Health and Wellbeing Project

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GAMESLEY COMMUNITY GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WESLEY HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD£761k—0unclear—no doubt
GAMESLEY COMMUNITY GROUP FY2025£152k—0above—no doubt
SHERWOOD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt
CASTLE HILL COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST FY2025£174k—0unclear—no doubt
COLLINGWOOD CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£228k—0unclear—no doubt
DARUL ELM COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD FY2025£234k—0unclear—no doubt

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