MERSTHAM COMMUNITY FACILITY TRUST

Registered charity 1121420 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust organises, facilitates and provides a range of services/activities to support he local community, including a range activities and support for vulnerable people. We provide a venue for many other agencies, individuals and groups providing services for members of our local community, in achieving their social and economic goals.

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Latest income
£183k
Latest spending
£163k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is facing significant financial pressures and its financial position is not as secure as before, relying heavily on restricted grants and uncertain future funding applications. While the trustees express confidence in the charity's status as a going concern, they acknowledge that income from room hire is no longer sufficient to cover core costs due to rising expenses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of core running costs (held: £198k)
“Merstham Community Facility Trust shall hold reserves equal to the core running costs of the following six months operation.” — page 5
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: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£183k£163k
31/12/2023£213k£233k
31/12/2022£160k£186k
31/12/2021£254k£173k
31/12/2020£218k£157k

Common questions

Is MERSTHAM COMMUNITY FACILITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is facing significant financial pressures and its financial position is not as secure as before, relying heavily on restricted grants and uncertain future funding applications. While the trustees express confidence in the charity's status as a going concern, they acknowledge that income from room hire is no longer sufficient to cover core costs due to rising expenses. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MERSTHAM COMMUNITY FACILITY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MERSTHAM COMMUNITY FACILITY TRUST as a grant recipient include THE THALES CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE THALES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/02/2026£199kMCFT Community Project Officers
The National Lottery Community Fund15/02/2024£276kMerstham Together
The National Lottery Community Fund01/08/2019£243kOpportunities Through Partnership

Funders of similar charities

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MELTHAM SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MERSTHAM COMMUNITY FACILITY TRUST£183k—0above—no doubt
MELTHAM SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP LIMITED FY2025£134k—0above—no doubt
ACCESS COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£5.9m——below—material uncertainty
THE BRANCH TRUST, CHIPPING NORTON (CIO) FY2023£985k—0below—no doubt
AL-MUNTADA AL-ISLAMI TRUST FY2024£366k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAUL STRANK CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£225k—0above—noted

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