BALHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1094316 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BALHAM FAMILY CENTRE

The charity is a long established community centre which provides: 'School's Out Projects' for five local primary schools and Breakfast Clubs for three local schools. Adult Counselling Service providing low cost counselling for upto 50 clients per week. Adult Education Classes in I.T., ESOL, also self help groups, AA meetings, Parentle skills, and provide rental space for Music classes, Drama Tra

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF POOR FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND THE ELDERLY AND OTHER PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH AND THE SURROUNDING BOROUGHS.

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON - WANDSWORTH

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £67,277 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £504,827. The trustees report that the charity is continuing to grow stronger year on year and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. The charity holds no investments and maintains cash reserves to cover potential shortfalls in income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Wensen Archer Corporate Services Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Investment
• 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

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAUL BARTERchair
• ALEXANDRA ANN DUIZEND
• Audette Cummings
• CATRIONA ROSE ROSS
• GEORGE JAMES TAWNEY VYVYAN

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

Operates in: Wandsworth

Income and spending

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