STANBRIDGE AND TILSWORTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1109805 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STANBRIDGE & TILSWORTH VILLAGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Provide a Community Hall for as many users and activities as possible.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISHES OF STANBRIDGE & TILSWORTH IN THE COUNTY OF BEDFORDSHIRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF A VILLAGE HALL, RECREATION GROUND, SPORTS AND RECREATION FACILITIES, FOR THE USE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: THE PARISHES OF STANBRIDGE & TILSWORTH, BEDFORDSHIRE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Central Bedfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£57k

Latest spending

£51k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £6,486 for the year, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £60,369. The Trustees consider these reserves to be appropriate, noting they are equivalent to approximately 14 months of operating expenditure. The charity is run entirely by volunteers with no employees or trading subsidiaries.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Hall Lettings (51% of income)

“Hall Lettings 28,971”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Fundraising cost ratio: 70.9% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“The charity held fundraising events during the year generating £2,888 (2024: £2,720) at a cost of £2,046 (2024: £1,962).” — 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.

Risk management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Julian Knight
Kika Dabbs
Neville Lidford
Stephen John Waters

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

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£57k	£51k
30/04/2024	£41k	£33k
30/04/2023	£32k	£38k
30/04/2022	£57k	£36k
30/04/2021	£19k	£18k

Common questions

Is STANBRIDGE AND TILSWORTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £6,486 for the year, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £60,369. The Trustees consider these reserves to be appropriate, noting they are equivalent to approximately 14 months of operating expenditure. The charity is run entirely by volunteers with no employees or trading subsidiaries. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/07/2005	£296k	Build a Community Hall

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ASDA FOUNDATION	1	£23k
THE MIDCOUNTIES CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY FUND	1	£2k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	1	£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STAINLAND AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CHARITY.

STAINLAND AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CHARITY income £33k
TOPSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £192k
STUTTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £30k
MICKLEOVER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £87k
PELSALL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £171k
STEWART VILLAGE HALL income £42k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
STANBRIDGE AND TILSWORTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION	£57k	—	above	70.9%	no doubt
STAINLAND AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CHARITY FY2025	£33k	—	above	—	no doubt
TOPSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£192k	—	within	—	no doubt
STUTTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£30k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MICKLEOVER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£87k	—	above	—	no doubt
PELSALL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£171k	—	within	—	no doubt

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