WEST HEATH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1124993 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

West Heath Community Association oversee a large community centre, known locally as Hampstead House, to facilitate activities, groups, and events for the health and wellbeing of the local community. Founded in 1937, our busy, vibrant, welcoming community centre is embedded at the heart of our community.

Objects

1 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WEST HEATH WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATION TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS; AND2 TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS

Area of benefit: WEST HEATH, BIRMINGHAM

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a loss of £5,587 for the year due to higher-than-expected energy and maintenance costs, despite a rise in income. The trustees report that the upcoming financial year is expected to remain challenging due to increased operational costs, making balancing the books difficult. However, the charity maintains unallocated reserves of £11,937, calculated after deducting six months of expenditure from its bank and cash balances.

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 6 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — West Heath Community Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Becketts Farm Community Fund — “Becketts Farm Community Fund Token Scheme - Get Voting for us, every time you shop! We have been chosen to feature in Becketts Farm Communit…” (source page)
• The Conservation Volunteers — “Thank you to The Conservation Volunteers and National Grid for all your hard work giving our garden a much needed spring make over.” (source page)
• National Grid — “Thank you to The Conservation Volunteers and National Grid for all your hard work giving our garden a much needed spring make over.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL ANTHONY BENNETTchair
• Catherine Claridge
• Ian Michael Littlehales
• John Terry Gregory
• Marie Frances Henry
• Michael John Perry

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FOR WEST HAMPSTEAD.

• THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FOR WEST HAMPSTEAD income £146k
• THE HAMPSTEAD VILLAGE SHUL income £563k
• EMSWORTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £108k
• HEATH HANDS income £142k
• WEST OXFORD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £148k
• HAMPSTEAD HEATH income £11.5m

Side by side with its peers

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