THE THORNTON AND ALLERTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1122128 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Thornton & Allerton Community Association manage South Square Centre, a series of Grade II listed workers cottages. The charity runs and a range of arts, community, heritage and wellbeing activities. Rents from small emerging businesses and artists' studios and a team of volunteers underpin the organisation. Wet also apply for grants to run outreach programmes, internships and community events.

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Latest income
£216k
Latest spending
£220k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,545 for the year, with total income of £216,057. Free reserves stood at £105,370, which is above the trustees' policy target of £100,900 (equivalent to six months of expenditure). The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Total income
£634k
Total spending
£491k
Cost of raising funds
£2k
Reserves (reported)
£73k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£216k£220k
31/03/2024£139k£189k
31/03/2023£171k£467k
31/03/2022£399k£467k
31/03/2021£634k£491k

Common questions

Is THE THORNTON AND ALLERTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,545 for the year, with total income of £216,057. Free reserves stood at £105,370, which is above the trustees' policy target of £100,900 (equivalent to six months of expenditure). The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. 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 Fund05/03/2021£10kWindows to the Future
The National Lottery Community Fund06/12/2018£10kSouth Square - Fit for the Future!
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/11/2018£649k"South Square Centre - Thornton, Brontës and Beyond"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/09/2017£8k"Strengthening South Square's Foundation in Readiness for a Community Asset Transfer"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/02/2016£12k"Celebrating of the life of Charlotte Bronte and her birthplace in the village of Thornton"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/10/2011£47k"Stone"

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SOUTHERN QUARTER DEVELOPMENT LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE THORNTON AND ALLERTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED£216k0unclearno doubt
THE SOUTHERN QUARTER DEVELOPMENT LTD FY2025£119k0belowmaterial uncertainty
THE THOMAS WALL CENTRE FY2024£179k0aboveno doubt
HILTINGBURY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2024£137k0unclearno doubt
THE SOUTHCOURT AND WALTON COURT COMMUNITY PROJECT FY2025£102k0unclearno doubt
SOUTH MANCHESTER GYMNASTICS CENTRE FY2025£340k0aboveno doubt

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