THE KEMPSTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1109049 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KEMPSTEAD URBAN DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

To provide a local community centre for the benefit of all Kempston residents and voluntary organisations without distinction of sex political, religious or other opinions 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 all users of the facility.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£133k
Latest spending
£139k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £87,205 to £81,505, resulting in a net deficit of £5,700 for the year. The trustees report that the results are satisfactory and the charity is not exposed to any material risks. Unrestricted reserves remain above the stated policy target of six months' overhead costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six month’s overhead costs (held: £82k)
It is the Charity's aim to hold a minimum of six month’s overhead costs in unrestricted reserves at all times — 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£133k£139k
30/06/2024£122k£124k
30/06/2023£113k£125k
30/06/2022£100k£96k
30/06/2021£65k£72k

Common questions

Is THE KEMPSTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £87,205 to £81,505, resulting in a net deficit of £5,700 for the year. The trustees report that the results are satisfactory and the charity is not exposed to any material risks. Unrestricted reserves remain above the stated policy target of six months' overhead costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/08/2009£5kAsbestos Health and Safety Compliance refurbishing main entrance/foyer area
The National Lottery Community Fund11/11/2008£2kNoise Limitation - Health & Safety

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
KUSUMA TRUST UK1£20k
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION1£13k
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£8k
JOHN LYON'S CHARITY1£5k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PEBSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE KEMPSTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED£133k0unclearno doubt
PEBSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2024£133k0unclearno doubt
KENTISH TOWN CITY FARM LIMITED FY2025£389k0withinno doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KEMP TOWN: SAINT MARY FY2024£151k0unclearno doubt
MILTON KEYNES MUSLIM ASSOCIATION FY2024£382k0unclearno doubt
Carleton Grange Trust FY2025£194k0aboveno doubt

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