HARLOW COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1093267 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

maintains and manages a community centre for the benefit of the area of Harlow and the wider Harrogate town.

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF HARLOW (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SAID INHABITANTS;B) TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.C) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINEDTHE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION.

Area of benefit: THE AREA OF HARLOW

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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Latest income
£103k
Latest spending
£83k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £19,180.70, bringing the closing balance to £35,672.43. The document notes that excluding a specific National Lottery grant, the balance is much in line with the previous year's outturn. No reserves policy or target is stated in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Governance: The accounts as presented currenily need to be reformatted to align with the style prescribed by the Charity Commission ahead of submission no later than 31st May 2026
“The accounts as presented currenily need to be reformatted to align with the style prescribed by the Charity Commission ahead of submission no later than 31st May 2026” — page 1
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£103k£83k
31/07/2024£22k£24k
31/07/2023£18k£17k
31/07/2022£15k£26k
31/07/2021£23k£13k

Common questions

Is HARLOW COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £19,180.70, bringing the closing balance to £35,672.43. The document notes that excluding a specific National Lottery grant, the balance is much in line with the previous year's outturn. No reserves policy or target is stated in the provided text. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HARLOW COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HARLOW COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/08/2005£5kThere is no project name available for this record

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k
YOUNG HARROW FOUNDATION1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BROADOAK AND SMALLSHAW COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HARLOW COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION£103k—0unclear—no doubt
BROADOAK AND SMALLSHAW COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH HARROW COMMUNITY LIBRARY FY2025£120k—0unclear—noted
HAROLD WOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE FY2025£107k—0unclear—no doubt
WHITELEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£103k—0unclear—noted
BRIGHTLINGSEA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£259k—0unclear—no doubt

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