HILDA LANE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1118937 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We administrate and maintain the community hall for the benefit of the wider local community, providing a venue for clubs, churches and families, art projects, gardening. We support youth activities in a weekly youth club, holiday projects, positive futures workshops and inter-estate competitions. We have been able to give help and advice to members of the community regarding housing and utilities

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NATIONALITY, AGE, DISABILITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES, SERVICES, ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY;2) TO ESTABLISH, OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT, OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS;3) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Area of benefit: ANERLEY, PENGE AND CRYSTAL PALACE, SOUTH LONDON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

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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Latest income
£52k
Latest spending
£51k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £5,828 for the year, with total funds decreasing to £15,841. Unrestricted liquid reserves stood at £13,947, which the trustees state falls within their policy target of maintaining three to six months' expenditure. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis following a review of staffing and fee structures.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

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.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bromley

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£52k£51k
31/12/2024£44k£50k
31/12/2023£49k£59k
31/12/2022£48k£58k
31/12/2021£48k£63k

Common questions

Is HILDA LANE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity reported a net deficit of £5,828 for the year, with total funds decreasing to £15,841. Unrestricted liquid reserves stood at £13,947, which the trustees state falls within their policy target of maintaining three to six months' expenditure. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis following a review of staffing and fee structures. 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 Fund25/01/2019£10kSt Hugh's Youth Club Relaunch