TURKISH CYPRIOT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1080926 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TCCA

TCCA PROVIDES SERVICES TO THE TURKISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY WITH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE, SOCIAL CARE, COUNSELLING, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE NEEDS LED PROJECTS. . OUR BIGGEST PROJECT IS HOMECARE WHICH ENABLES THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED OF OUR COMMUNITY TO LIVE IN THEIR HOME INDEPENDENTLY.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity registered a preplanned deficit of £143,946 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to irrecoverable debts written off and planned investment activities. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintains robust financial controls and has diversified income streams, including care services and property rentals, to support long-term sustainability despite bad debt concerns. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified 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

Related-party transaction: Title to freehold interest in 117 Green Lanes property is held in the names of some of the trustees jointly for the charity.
“Title to freehold interest in 117 Green Lanes property is held in the names of some of the trustees jointly for the charity.” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Alton & Co. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

CQC provider record: Turkish Cypriot Community Association — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 19/11/2020.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.6m
Reserves (reported)
£596k
Employees
44

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (91% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

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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£1.4m£1.6m
31/03/2024£1.4m£1.5m
31/03/2023£1.3m£1.4m
31/03/2022£1.6m£1.5m
31/03/2021£1.4m£1.3m

Common questions

Is TURKISH CYPRIOT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity registered a preplanned deficit of £143,946 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to irrecoverable debts written off and planned investment activities. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintains robust financial controls and has diversified income streams, including care services and property rentals, to support long-term sustainability despite bad debt concerns. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Alton & Co.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2022£10kSanity - Mental Health Support
The National Lottery Community Fund17/05/2019£10kInspire Turkish Speaking Youth
The National Lottery Community Fund14/12/2016£10kT-SET : Turkish Speaking Employment Training Platform
The National Lottery Community Fund28/02/2013£10kHaringey Information platform
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/03/2005£2k"An Award Has Been Made To The Turkish Cypriot Community Association Which Will Enable Them To Produce A Documentary And Booklet Of Memories"
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2005£14kVeteran Memories
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/04/2004£37k"London Turkish Heritage Project"

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TURKISH CYPRIOT WOMEN'S PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TURKISH CYPRIOT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
TURKISH CYPRIOT WOMEN'S PROJECT FY2026£116k—0below—no doubt
RESPONSE ORGANISATION FY2025£17.6m——below—no doubt
WHEATLEY HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£336k—0unclear—noted
ACTIVE COMMUNITY TRUST LTD FY2025£503k—0above—no doubt
REFUGEE WORKERS' CULTURAL ASSOCIATION FY2025£199k—0unclear—no doubt

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