HOLLOWAY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTRE

Registered charity 1101128 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

This charity supports members of the community by offering services such as a Library, Senior Citizens group and Mothers and Toddlers. We also provide space for other local charities.

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ISLINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF LOCAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE

Area of benefit: ISLINGTON AND SURROUNDING BOROUGHS

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 · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Latest income
£71k
Latest spending
£76k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £4,586 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £71,675 to £67,089. The trustees maintain a reserve policy target of £15,000, which is significantly below the current unrestricted reserves of £67,089. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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: £67k)
“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately three months of charity’s unrestricted expenditure. The agreed reserve to be kept will be £15000.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Holloway Education and Cultural Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Islington

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£71k£76k
31/03/2024£51k£37k
31/03/2023£76k£35k
31/03/2022£47k£30k
31/03/2021£168k£86k

Common questions

Is HOLLOWAY EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net expenditure of £4,586 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £71,675 to £67,089. The trustees maintain a reserve policy target of £15,000, which is significantly below the current unrestricted reserves of £67,089. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.