DARRAN LAS COMMUNITY BUILDING

Registered charity 1123696 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity was set up to provide a community building for the community. To provide education and leisure activities and opportunities in the interest of social welfare with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

Objects

3.1 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SPECIFIED AREA (HEREINAFTER CALLED "AREA OF BENEFIT") IRRESPECTIVE OF SEX, SEXUALITY, DISABILITY, RACE, LANGUAGE OR POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS PERSUASION OR AN OFFENDING BACKGROUND AND TO WORK IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.3.2 TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY BUILDING OR BUILDINGS HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "CENTRE" AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER BODIES IF FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.)3.3 TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF THE SAID INHABITANT

Area of benefit: RHONDDA CYNON TAFF

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£178k
Latest spending
£168k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £65,511, an increase from the previous year's £56,165. The charity generated a net income of £9,346 against total expenditure of £168,375, funded primarily by grants of £162,974. The trustees consider reserves sufficient to meet liabilities and contractual obligations should the charity cease to exist.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The trustees consider that the level of reserves should be set at a level to ensure that the charity can meet the liabilities and contractual obligations of the organisation, should it cease to exist. (held: £66k)
“The trustees consider that the level of reserves should be set at a level to ensure that the charity can meet the liabilities and contractual obligations of the organisation, should it cease to exist.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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: Rhondda Cynon Taff

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£178k£168k
31/03/2024£58k£42k
31/03/2023£28k£28k
31/03/2022£8k£10k
31/03/2021£26k£6k

Common questions

Is DARRAN LAS COMMUNITY BUILDING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £65,511, an increase from the previous year's £56,165. The charity generated a net income of £9,346 against total expenditure of £168,375, funded primarily by grants of £162,974. The trustees consider reserves sufficient to meet liabilities and contractual obligations should the charity cease to exist. 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 Fund09/03/2026£18kDarran Las Community Building Improvements & Outreach

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 NORTH WALES POLICE AND COMMUNITY TRUST1£150

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LLANI COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DARRAN LAS COMMUNITY BUILDING£178k—0unclear—no doubt
LLANI COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£112k—0below—no doubt
PARKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£170k—0above—no doubt
DEESIDE COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£599k—0above—no doubt
DARNALL FA LIMITED FY2025£169k—0unclear—no doubt
FEARON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£305k—0above—noted

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