VANBRUGH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1085503 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objective of Vanbrugh Community Association is to promote the benefit of the inhabitants of London Borough of Greenwich by furthering their education, social welfare and leisure as a means of improving their quality of life, and specifically by managing a community centre to provide a base for these activities.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF GREENWICH AND ESPECIALLY VANBRUGH AND ADJOINING WARDS BY FURTHERING THEIR EDUCATION SOCIAL WELFARE AND LEISURE OPPORTUNITIES AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND SPECIFICALLY BY MANAGING A COMMUNITY CENTRE TO PROVIDE A BASE FOR THESE ACTIVITIES

Area of benefit: VANBRUGH

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £7,423 for the year ended 31 March 2025, an improvement on the previous year's deficit of £8,049. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £157,053, which is above the stated policy target of six months' operating costs (calculated at £150,000 based on the 2022 review). The trustees acknowledge the challenging financial environment but confirm the organisation remains viable with strong community demand.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Royal Borough of Greenwich — “Mycenae House is managed by the charity, the Vanbrugh Community Association and with the support of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~9.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (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: 9.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jane Stephensonchair
• Harpreet Sanghara
• Joel Thomas
• Laura Kay Guthrie Durrant
• Mary Tedford Spence
• PETER DIXON
• ROGER ALLEN
• Roger P Patenall
• Russell Whitehouse

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

Operates in: Greenwich

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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