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AVON BUSINESS & LEISURE CIO

Registered charity 1114478 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AVON BUSINESS & LEISURE LIMITED

WE ARE A COMMUNITY CENTRE HIRING ROOMS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND RUNNING A NUMBER OF CLASSES FOR THE PUBLIC ON OUR PREMISES

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£73k
Latest spending
£80k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a net loss of £7,679 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted funds decreasing from £134,853 to £128,722. Despite the loss, the charity held £118,103 in unrestricted bank funds and maintained reserves of £84,152, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £53,000. The accounts indicate no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of running costs (held: £84k)
“The trustees goal is to retain unrestricted funds sufficient to cover 6 months running costs of the service to enable continuation of activities should the income cease and to provide for potential redundancy costs.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: 2 Trustees were paid for duties as employees during the year
“2 Trustees were paid for duties as employees during the year” — page 14
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£73k£80k
31/12/2023£68k£76k
31/12/2022£68k£65k
31/12/2021£81k£60k
31/12/2020£84k£61k

Common questions

Is AVON BUSINESS & LEISURE CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity reported a net loss of £7,679 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted funds decreasing from £134,853 to £128,722. Despite the loss, the charity held £118,103 in unrestricted bank funds and maintained reserves of £84,152, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £53,000. The accounts indicate no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. Its FY2024 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 Fund21/04/2008£8kComfy Accessible Furniture and Office Equipment
The National Lottery Community Fund01/02/2006£5kAllow public access to computers within the centre
The National Lottery Community Fund04/01/2005£5kComputer equipment