THE FITZROVIA COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1104135 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FITZROVIA COMMUNITY CENTRE

To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Fitzrovia and to establish a community 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.

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Latest income
£390k
Latest spending
£400k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £12,482 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £22,569, which is significantly below the stated policy target of six months' running costs. Despite this, the trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and the going concern basis appropriate for the medium term.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Other trading activities (42% of income)
“Other trading activities 162,557”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £23k; policy: six months’ running costs, including closure costs)
“The proposed value of the charity’s reserves is six months’ running costs, including closure costs, although we are currently running well below this at around 0.6 months’.” — page 20
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Fitzrovia Community Centre (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).

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Camden · City Of Westminster

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£390k£400k
31/12/2023£324k£285k
31/12/2022£298k£257k
31/12/2021£111k£219k
31/12/2020£116k£198k

Common questions

Is THE FITZROVIA COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £12,482 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £22,569, which is significantly below the stated policy target of six months' running costs. Despite this, the trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and the going concern basis appropriate for the medium term. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE FITZROVIA COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FITZROVIA COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITY, ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS AND WILLIAM SHELTON EDUCATIONAL CHARITY, WESTMINSTER AMALGAMATED CHARITY, YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITYFY2023£33kGrant to organisation
ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS AND WILLIAM SHELTON EDUCATIONAL CHARITYFY2022£10kStrategic Grant (Young Westminster Foundation)
ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITYFY2021£10k
WESTMINSTER AMALGAMATED CHARITYFY2022£8kCommunity
ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS AND WILLIAM SHELTON EDUCATIONAL CHARITYFY2021£7kYoung Westminster Foundation Partnership
ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITYFY2022£4k
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATIONFY2025£4k
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATIONFY2024£2kGrants to institutions

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
London Borough of Camden21/02/2024£175kGrant to Fitzrovia Community Centre
Camden Council21/02/2024£175kGrant to Fitzrovia Community Centre
St Giles & St George08/12/2022£10kGrant to Fitzrovia Community Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund25/06/2021£10kHappy Start – early help for children aged 0-5 in vulnerable families

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 CROWBOROUGH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FITZROVIA COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED£390k—0below—no doubt
CROWBOROUGH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2024£186k—0unclear—no doubt
FLEETVILLE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£120k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FITZROVIA CHAPEL FOUNDATION FY2024£609k—0unclear—no doubt
BURNLEY PENDLE AND ROSSENDALE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2024£2.1m£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
BOOTHFERRY ROAD COMMUNITY PROJECT FY2025£153k—0unclear—no doubt

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