AVONDALE EXTRA

Registered charity 1094749 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Avondale Extra raises funds to send the children of Avondale Park Primary School on extra-curricular activities, such as theatre and zoo trips, an annual outward bound holiday, dance workshops and musical performances, museum outings and others.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT")THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE CHILDREN OF AVONDALE PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL, IN PARTICULAR(1) FUNDING EXPEDITIONS AND COURSES OF AN EDUCATIONAL NATURE BOTH WITHIN LONDON AND FURTHER AFIELD, IN TERM-TIME AND IN SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.(2) FUNDING EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN THE ARTS AND SPORTS OR ANY OTHER ACTIVITY OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE WHICH IS CONSIDERED SUITABLE BY THE TRUSTEES, INCLUDING, WHERE NECESSARY, HIRE OF PREMISES.

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON

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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Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£43k

Latest spending

£44k

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves at the end of the period were £43,725, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy aim of holding a fund of £30,000. The charity reported total income of £42,120 and total expenditure of £43,634, resulting in a net decrease in funds for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a holding fund of £30,000 (reserves figure: £44k)

“Our aim Is to have a holding fund of £30,000 which act as a cushion for our spending.” — 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 6
Government income: £9,221 — grants £9,221 (2); 23% of the £40,290 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 3

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Avondale Extra (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

AX — “Jazz Week, which has been supported by AX for many years, takes place after Year 6' s final exams before they move on to secondary school.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

Cassandra Goldmanchair
Ben James McMullen
THERESA WAT

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

Operates in: Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£43k	£44k
31/03/2024	£40k	£39k
31/03/2023	£101k	£140k
31/03/2022	£44k	£39k
31/03/2021	£63k	£23k

Common questions

Is AVONDALE EXTRA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves at the end of the period were £43,725, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy aim of holding a fund of £30,000. The charity reported total income of £42,120 and total expenditure of £43,634, resulting in a net decrease in funds for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds AVONDALE EXTRA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AVONDALE EXTRA as a grant recipient include THE HARROW MISSION, THE GROVE TRUST, THE KILROOT FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HARROW MISSION	FY2025	£10k
THE GROVE TRUST	FY2022	£10k	feeding local children breakfast for a year
THE GROVE TRUST	FY2021	£5k	Core costs
THE KILROOT FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
THE KILROOT FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
THE KILROOT FOUNDATION	FY2023	£3k
THE KILROOT FOUNDATION	FY2021	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HORSENDALE PLAYGROUP.

HORSENDALE PLAYGROUP income £171k
THE PRIORY SCHOOL PTA income £26k
THE DALES SPECIAL SCHOOL FUND income £41k
EVENDONS PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT & TEACHERS ASSOCIATION income £56k
OLDCASTLE PRIMARY SCHOOL income £52k
SOUTHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL PTA income £31k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AVONDALE EXTRA	£43k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HORSENDALE PLAYGROUP FY2025	£171k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PRIORY SCHOOL PTA FY2025	£26k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE DALES SPECIAL SCHOOL FUND FY2025	£41k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EVENDONS PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT & TEACHERS ASSOCIATION FY2025	£56k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OLDCASTLE PRIMARY SCHOOL FY2025	£52k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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