THE JOHN WHITE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1095596 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide a focus for community activities which includes education/training, advice/support and social events. This includes all age groups and abilities.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BINLEY AND ERNESFORD GRANGE IN THE CITY OF COVENTRY (THEREINAFTER 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 THE SAID INHABITANTS;(B) 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.

Area of benefit: BINLEY AND ERNESFORD GRANGE IN THE CITY OF COVENTRY.

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Coventry, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£254k
Latest spending
£209k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £44,681 for the year, with total incoming resources of £253,839 against total expenditure of £209,158. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted and restricted funds total £1,800,673, providing a strong financial position with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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 4 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.

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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (1); 2% of the £253,839 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £4,617 — contracts £4,617 (1); 3% of the £149,023 total gross income on the same return

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

Corporate structure

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.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Coventry City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£254k£209k
31/12/2024£148k£155k
31/12/2023£149k£140k
31/12/2022£145k£141k
31/12/2021£126k£105k

Common questions

Is THE JOHN WHITE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £44,681 for the year, with total incoming resources of £253,839 against total expenditure of £209,158. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted and restricted funds total £1,800,673, providing a strong financial position with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE JOHN WHITE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE JOHN WHITE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITYFY2025£10k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/08/2022£10kJW Community Cafe
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2021£10kReconnect Community Group
The National Lottery Community Fund14/03/2013£10kHear everything & judge for yourself
The National Lottery Community Fund11/03/2010£10kSunshine, Chocolate Eggs and Snowmen Scheme
The National Lottery Community Fund01/02/2006£5kFurnish and equip the centre
The National Lottery Community Fund01/07/2004£160kMulti purpose Community Centre build in the Binley Neighbourhood of Coventr

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WHITWORTH CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE JOHN WHITE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED£254k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WHITWORTH CENTRE FY2025£140k—0unclear—no doubt
THEKENILWORTHCENTRE FY2025£257k—0below—no doubt
SIR THOMAS WHITE'S CHARITY FY2025£3.4m—0below—no doubt
WHITE'S CHARITY FY2025£30k—0within—no doubt
WALNEY COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£180k—0unclear—noted

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