ASIAN RESOURCE CENTRE OF CROYDON LIMITED

Registered charity 1120376 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Capacity Building/Infrastructure support to Asian voluntary groups including Training, Seminars/Workshops. ICT, Monitoring & Evaluation Project, Social Enterprise, Health Awareness, Community Leadership Programme as well as Inter-Faith Projects. The charity consults with a wide range of groups and agencies in the Borough and makes representation to decision makers on their behalf.

Causes: Amateur Sport · General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£736k
Latest spending
£732k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased slightly to £736,119 from £802,529 in the prior year, while expenditure was managed down to £731,716, resulting in a net income surplus. The charity maintains unrestricted funds of £200,573, which the trustees consider sufficient against their policy target of six months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: LBC - Household Support Fund (21% of income)
LBC - Household Support Fund £153,000
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 6 months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £201k)
The trustees aim to maintain a free reserve in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to 6 months of unrestricted charitable expenditure which we believe is sufficient. — page 53
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Asian Resource Centre of Croydon (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£736k
Total spending
£732k
Reserves (reported)
£160k
Employees
17

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Croydon · Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£736k£732k
31/03/2024£803k£770k
31/03/2023£906k£711k
31/03/2022£622k£514k
31/03/2021£498k£399k

Common questions

Is ASIAN RESOURCE CENTRE OF CROYDON LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased slightly to £736,119 from £802,529 in the prior year, while expenditure was managed down to £731,716, resulting in a net income surplus. The charity maintains unrestricted funds of £200,573, which the trustees consider sufficient against their policy target of six months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. 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 Fund29/08/2019£500kCroydon Community Development Partnership (CCDP)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/10/2012£9k"Search for the Sari"
Sport England14/06/2011£9kMaking a change
The National Lottery Community Fund05/08/2010£5kChanging Lives Changing Attitudes
The National Lottery Community Fund09/12/2008£5kRight Here Right Now
The National Lottery Community Fund29/06/2005£5kColourful Melodies

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
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAVERING ASIAN SOCIAL AND WELFARE ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ASIAN RESOURCE CENTRE OF CROYDON LIMITED£736k0unclearno doubt
HAVERING ASIAN SOCIAL AND WELFARE ASSOCIATION FY2026£202k0unclearno doubt
CROYDON BME FORUM FY2025£1.6m0unclearno doubt
COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM LAOS AND CAMBODIA FY2025£164k0aboveno doubt
CROYDON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX LIMITED FY2025£615k£60,001 - £70,0001aboveno doubt
ASHA: A COMMUNITY OF HOPE FY2024£223k0unclearno doubt

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