EARLEY CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1092607 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of accommodation for other charities, local groups and individuals for education, welfare and leisure activities. Operation of a Neighbourhood Learning Centre. Provision of a facility for general information to the public. Drop-in coffee bar.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£215k

Latest spending

£257k

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with an unrestricted deficit of £12,510 and total net expenditure exceeded income by £42,036. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £791,370, which is above the stated policy target of £75,000 working capital surplus. The charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £791k)

“To maintain a surplus of current assets over liabilities (i.e working capital) of £75,000 in respect of unrestricted funds.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04383491

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.

LANGFORD, Alan David — director, appointed 19/06/2025on trustee list
CHAMBERS, Timothy John — director, appointed 12/11/2019on trustee list
HOOPER, Philip Reginald — director, appointed 14/11/2007on trustee list
CANT, Jane Margaret — director, appointed 25/11/2003on trustee list
AMES, Robert Edward — director, appointed 27/02/2002on trustee list
SPRATLING, Elaine — director, appointed 27/02/2002on trustee list
THOMPSON, Cindy — director, appointed 27/02/2002on trustee list

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): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

ROBERT EDWARD AMESchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Alan David Langford · trustee of 1 other charity
CINDY THOMPSON
ELAINE SPRATLING · trustee of 1 other charity
JANE MARGARET CANT
MR TONY BONNETT
PHILIP HOOPER
Timothy John Chambers

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

Operates in: Reading · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£215k	£257k
31/12/2024	£157k	£185k
31/03/2024	£202k	£257k
31/03/2023	£208k	£231k
31/03/2022	£227k	£241k

Common questions

Is EARLEY CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with an unrestricted deficit of £12,510 and total net expenditure exceeded income by £42,036. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £791,370, which is above the stated policy target of £75,000 working capital surplus. The charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EARLEY CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EARLEY CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE EARLEY CHARITY.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

ROBERT EDWARD AMES — trustee here and at THE EARLEY CHARITY

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EARLEY CHARITY	FY2022	£104k
THE EARLEY CHARITY	FY2025	£83k	Community Learning and Activity Programmes
THE EARLEY CHARITY	FY2024	£80k	Community Learning and Activity Programmes
THE EARLEY CHARITY	FY2025	£77k	Community Learning and Activity Programmes
THE EARLEY CHARITY	FY2023	£71k	Community Learning and Activity Programmes
THE EARLEY CHARITY	FY2021	£66k
THE EARLEY CHARITY	FY2024	£41k	Earley Charity Workers
THE EARLEY CHARITY	FY2023	£39k	Earley Charity Workers
THE EARLEY CHARITY	FY2023	£3k	Applications