HILLSIDE CLUBHOUSE

Registered charity 1080735 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rehabilitation and assistance of adult individuals disabled by mental or physical illness

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £729,221, which the trustees note equates to five months' running costs against a policy target of six months. The charity reported a net income surplus of £13,955 for the year, with total funds carried forward increasing to £1,272,644. The trustees confirm the financial position is sound and that adequate funding has been achieved for the next 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The main sources of income during this period were: service level agreements and contracts with local authorities and grants. Smaller amounts of income were self-generated, including some external catering income.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £729k; policy: six months' current turnover)
“This reserve currently stands at £729,221, which equates to five months’ running costs at current levels.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Hillside Trading CIC
“We set up a new community interest company, Hillside Trading CIC, to run two community cafes in mental health settings – Highgate East and Lowther Road.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Simpson Wreford LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hillside Clubhouse (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

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): instagram

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

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£1.8m
Cost of raising funds
£13k
Reserves (reported)
£729k
Employees
63

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.8m£1.8m
31/03/2024£1.5m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.1m£1.1m
31/03/2022£1.1m£1.1m
31/03/2021£1.1m£1.1m

Common questions

Is HILLSIDE CLUBHOUSE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £729,221, which the trustees note equates to five months' running costs against a policy target of six months. The charity reported a net income surplus of £13,955 for the year, with total funds carried forward increasing to £1,272,644. The trustees confirm the financial position is sound and that adequate funding has been achieved for the next 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Simpson Wreford LLP.

Who funds HILLSIDE CLUBHOUSE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HILLSIDE CLUBHOUSE as a grant recipient include THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATION, CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION, LONDON CATALYST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2023£225k
THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2024£100k
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2025£23kIslington Giving Community Fund
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2024£20kIslington Giving Islington Food Fund
THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2022£20k
THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2021£18k
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2022£15kSupporting Families
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2025£10kCripplegate Catalyst Grants
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2023£9kCatalyst Grants
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3kIslington Giving Food Fund Grants
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3kIslington Giving Food Fund Grants
LONDON CATALYSTFY2022£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/08/2025£20kHearty Thursdays
City Bridge Foundation11/10/2024£169kGrant to Hillside Clubhouse
The National Lottery Community Fund26/01/2024£19kMindfull Kitchen
City Bridge Foundation08/12/2020£225kGrant to Hillside Clubhouse
The National Lottery Community Fund23/02/2015£398kRecovery!
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2012£258kRecovery!
The National Lottery Community Fund23/06/2011£10kThe Glass Bubble
City Bridge Foundation04/09/2008£80kGrant to Hillside Clubhouse
The National Lottery Community Fund10/05/2005£178kTransitional Employment Project

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 BERKSHIRE HEALTH & WELL-BEING SOCIAL ENTERPRISES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HILLSIDE CLUBHOUSE£1.8m—0below—no doubt
BERKSHIRE HEALTH & WELL-BEING SOCIAL ENTERPRISES FY2025£174k—0unclear—no doubt
BLYTH STAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED FY2025£2.6m—2above—no doubt
LOCAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED (HAVERHILL) FY2025£123k—0unclear—no doubt
SONSHINE CLUB FY2025£137k—0unclear—no doubt
The Disabled Sailors Association FY2025£775k—0unclear—no doubt

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