COMMUNITY ACCOUNTING PLUS

Registered charity 1080565 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C A PLUS

C A Plus supports charities and other voluntary sector organisations to manage themselves well, primarily through the provisions of training, advice and services in accounts, payroll and bookkeeping. It is one of a number of community accounting services across the country

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Latest income
£680k
Latest spending
£692k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £12,169 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £228,822 to £216,653. The trustees state that the reserves position remains sound, representing approximately 3.7 months of annual expenditure, and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding 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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£680k
Total spending
£692k
Reserves (reported)
£216k
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£680k£692k
31/03/2024£642k£648k
31/03/2023£591k£574k
31/03/2022£547k£520k
31/03/2021£547k£513k

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY ACCOUNTING PLUS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net expenditure of £12,169 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £228,822 to £216,653. The trustees state that the reserves position remains sound, representing approximately 3.7 months of annual expenditure, and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds COMMUNITY ACCOUNTING PLUS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITY ACCOUNTING PLUS as a grant recipient include J N DERBYSHIRE TRUST, THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
J N DERBYSHIRE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITYFY2023£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/04/2024£19kFutureproofing local charitable organisations
The National Lottery Community Fund20/07/2020£27kSupporting Nottingham and Nottinghamshire

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 West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COMMUNITY ACCOUNTING PLUS£680k—0unclear—no doubt
West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO FY2025£478k—0unclear—no doubt
Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd FY2025£1.3m—0above—no doubt
CROYDON VOLUNTARY ACTION FY2025£1.6m——within—no doubt
EASINGTON LANE COMMUNITY ACCESS POINT FY2025£402k—0above—no doubt
COMMUNITY ACTION NORTHUMBERLAND FY2026£886k—0unclear—no doubt

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