POSITIVE NETWORK COMMUNITY PROJECT

Registered charity 1101803 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PNCP

Positive Network is an Intergenerational project, we run clubs for Young People Lunch Clubs and Social Clubs for the Elderly and parenting groups.

Objects

(A) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. (B) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SURREY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH FOR PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

Area of benefit: SURREY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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 · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wandsworth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£132k
Latest spending
£122k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds decreased from £20,285 to £13,928, while total net assets increased to £80,887. The charity holds cash reserves of £78,475, which significantly exceeds its stated reserves policy target of approximately £15,000. Per the trustees' report, the organization faces challenges including limited funding and rising operational costs but maintains a positive net movement in funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months total operating expenditure (approximately £15,000) (reserves figure: £14k)
“the trustees have decided that they would hold funds in reserve, equivalent to a minimum of six months total operating expenditure. This means a total of approximately £15,000 for the current financial year.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 30/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 32
  • Government income: £24,000 — contracts £12,000 (2), grants £12,000 (4); 18% of the £132,460 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 32
  • Government income: £26,100 — contracts £4,100 (2), grants £22,000 (2); 25% of the £103,384 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 33
  • Government income: £18,000 — contracts £8,000 (3), grants £10,000 (2); 58% of the £31,258 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 30/04/2025 (received 10/04/2026, 41 days after the 28/02/2026 due date); year ending 30/04/2023 (received 24/01/2025, 330 days after the 29/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Croydon · Merton · Surrey · Sutton · Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£132k£122k
30/04/2024£103k£90k
30/04/2023£31k£34k
31/03/2022£45k£85k
31/03/2021£72k£57k

Common questions

Is POSITIVE NETWORK COMMUNITY PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds decreased from £20,285 to £13,928, while total net assets increased to £80,887. The charity holds cash reserves of £78,475, which significantly exceeds its stated reserves policy target of approximately £15,000. Per the trustees' report, the organization faces challenges including limited funding and rising operational costs but maintains a positive net movement in funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds POSITIVE NETWORK COMMUNITY PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name POSITIVE NETWORK COMMUNITY PROJECT as a grant recipient include MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH), MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)FY2021£297kVoice for Change Grants
MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCILFY2021£10k
MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCILFY2022£8k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund14/07/2023£10kWindrush 75TH Anniversary
Greater London Authority04/11/2022£6kThe Black contribution to Merton Heritage
The National Lottery Community Fund22/12/2021£10kPositive Network Community Project
The Mercers' Company13/08/2020£9kCovid-19 London Community Response Grant - Wave 3
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/07/2007£6k"A Project To Commemorate The 200th Anniversary Of The Abolition Of The Slave Trade. The Event Will Be Used To Raise Historical Awareness And"
The National Lottery Community Fund16/07/2007£6kEmancipation Day
The National Lottery Community Fund21/08/2004£5kOutings

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 CREATIVE YOUTH NETWORK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
POSITIVE NETWORK COMMUNITY PROJECT£132k—0unclear—no doubt
CREATIVE YOUTH NETWORK FY2025£3.1m——below—no doubt
THE KIDS NETWORK FY2025£829k—0below—no doubt
ACTIVE COMMUNITIES NETWORK LIMITED FY2025£1.9m—2unclear—no doubt
THE YOUTH NET FY2025£157k—0unclear—no doubt
TRANSITION NETWORK FY2025£1.0mUnder £60,0000above—no doubt

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