COMMUNITY IN PARTNERSHIP KNOWLE WEST

Registered charity 1079436 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KNOWLE WEST DEVELOPMENT TRUST LTD

Promotion for public benefit of urban regeneration in the District of Knowle West, Bristol. This achieved by: running the community centre at Filwood Community Centre; organising activities for the community; and acting as a forum for the residents of Knowle West.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£289k
Latest spending
£385k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £173,399 for the year, with unrestricted reserves held at £142,913. The trustees' reserves policy targets between £69k and £138k, meaning the current free reserves of £82,672 are within the stated policy range. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of core expenditure (held: £83k)
“The trustees' reserves policy is to hold in free reserves between three and six months of core expenditure. Based on 2023/24 expenditure, this would give a free reserves target of between £69k and £138k.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£503k
Total spending
£329k
Cost of raising funds
£11k
Reserves (reported)
£143k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~5.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£289k£385k
31/03/2024£503k£329k
31/03/2023£276k£315k
31/03/2022£371k£297k
31/03/2021£384k£225k

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY IN PARTNERSHIP KNOWLE WEST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £173,399 for the year, with unrestricted reserves held at £142,913. The trustees' reserves policy targets between £69k and £138k, meaning the current free reserves of £82,672 are within the stated policy range. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England14/06/2024£7kFilwood Roller Skating Rink
Sport England12/03/2021£120kImprovements to Sports Hall and Changing Areas
The National Lottery Community Fund08/08/2019£10kFriends of Filwood
The National Lottery Community Fund20/07/2018£10kKnowle West Fest
The National Lottery Community Fund24/08/2016£9kListening to Knowle CIP StreetSpace

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 FILWOOD HOPE LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COMMUNITY IN PARTNERSHIP KNOWLE WEST£289k—0unclear—no doubt
FILWOOD HOPE LTD FY2025£107k—0unclear—no doubt
KNOWLE WEST MEDIA CENTRE FY2025£1.9m—0below—no doubt
KNOWLE UNITED CHARITY FY2025£170k—0unclear—no doubt
ONE KNOWSLEY FY2025£1.9m£60,000 or more1below—no doubt
KNOWLE PARK TRUST FY2025£122k—0unclear—no doubt

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