ST ALBANS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Registered charity 1122405 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £109,757 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £2,364,765. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £375,929 after excluding fixed assets and designated funds, with the trustees maintaining a policy to keep reserves sufficient for continued operations. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: sufficient to ensure the continued operation of the Association's activities (held: £376k)
“It is the policy of the Association to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the Association, at a level sufficient to ensure the continued operation of the Association's activities.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee R D Darlington is a director of Care Compliance Consultancy Limited. The charity purchased goods and services totalling £320 from this entity.
“During the year ended 31 March 2025 St Albans Community Association purchased goods and services totalling £320 (2024: £nil) from Care Compliance Consultancy Limited.” — page 43
“During the year ended 31 March 2025 St Albans Community Association purchased services totalling £37,026 (2024: £49,903) from The Dorothy Parkes Centre.” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee R Bruce is a member of senior management at The Dorothy Parkes Centre. The charity purchased services totalling £37,026 from this entity.
“During the year ended 31 March 2025 St Albans Community Association purchased goods and services totalling £320 (2024: £nil) from Care Compliance Consultancy Limited.” — page 43
“During the year ended 31 March 2025 St Albans Community Association purchased services totalling £37,026 (2024: £49,903) from The Dorothy Parkes Centre.” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee R Bruce and CEO T Flannagan are trustees of Sandwell Community Hubs. The charity received £nil grant income from this entity in the current year.
“During the year ended 31 March 2025 St Albans Community Association purchased goods and services totalling £320 (2024: £nil) from Care Compliance Consultancy Limited.” — page 43
“During the year ended 31 March 2025 St Albans Community Association purchased services totalling £37,026 (2024: £49,903) from The Dorothy Parkes Centre.” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by J W Hinks LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Tonia Flannagan — Chief Executive Officer (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £245k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~13.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (57% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (08/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- ANN-MARIE DOCKER · trustee of 1 other charity
- Alison Youlander Braham
- Caroline Mary Coleman
- Gursharan Sohal
- Mandy Dawn Hawkes
- Simon Penn Lord
- Sukjeevan Moore
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Sandwell
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ST ALBANS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £109,757 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £2,364,765. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £375,929 after excluding fixed assets and designated funds, with the trustees maintaining a policy to keep reserves sufficient for continued operations. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by J W Hinks LLP.
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