COTTENHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1128604 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To manage and develop a local Community Centre - providing facilities and activities to support and develop the local community.

Objects

TO PROVIDE THE RESIDENTS OF COTTENHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS WITH A CENTRE AND FOCUS WHERE ALL CAN MEET AND WHERE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF COMMUNITY WELFARE AND FOR RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION ARE AVAILABLE WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS.

Area of benefit: COTTENHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

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Registered contact address: South Cambridgeshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£329k

Latest spending

£352k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall accounting loss of £23,130 for the year, primarily due to planned investments in the Coffee Shop and the Skylight Room project. The trustees note that recent losses have reduced cash reserves below their target level, which they identify as a main financial priority to rebuild. While the charity retains sufficient funds for ongoing activities, the trustees acknowledge that operating with reduced reserves has reduced their ability to manage financial risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“Planned investments this year and recent losses have reduced this reserve below our target level.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“We have no major concerns in this respect. However, while we operate with reduced reserves, our ability to manage financial risks is reduced.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
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
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 35
Government income: £154,780 — grants £154,780 (5); 47% of the £328,532 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 30
Government income: £16,500 — grants £16,500 (2); 9% of the £181,282 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 30
Government income: £550 — grants £550 (2); under 1% of the £139,450 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Mathew Richard Palmerchair
Andrew Edward Abbotson Fell
Christopher Philip Walsh
Elizabeth Denise Burns
Emily Goodacre
Hannah Jane Dudley
LILETH ADRIANA WARFORD · trustee of 1 other charity
Laura Anne Prideaux-Brune
Michael Stanley Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard John Batters
STEVEN JOHN POOLE
Timothy Michael Jones

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£329k	£352k
31/12/2024	£181k	£149k
31/12/2023	£139k	£164k
31/12/2022	£113k	£113k
31/12/2021	£90k	£84k

Common questions

Is COTTENHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall accounting loss of £23,130 for the year, primarily due to planned investments in the Coffee Shop and the Skylight Room project. The trustees note that recent losses have reduced cash reserves below their target level, which they identify as a main financial priority to rebuild. While the charity retains sufficient funds for ongoing activities, the trustees acknowledge that operating with reduced reserves has reduced their ability to manage financial risks. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds COTTENHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COTTENHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY	FY2022	£41k	Towards a wheel chair adapted minibus

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/04/2024	£20k	A Second Activities Space
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/10/2022	£7k	Reducing Carbon: Solar Panel and Storage Battery System
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/03/2015	£3k	Community Cinema Blackout Blinds
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/02/2012	£5k	Purchase and Installation of Sound Deadening Panels
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/10/2010	£5k	Community Children's Activity, Play and Reading drop in area
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/11/2009	£48k	Church to Community Coffee Shop

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION	1	£210k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£5k
THE VANNECK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
LONDON CATALYST	1	£2k
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CODDENHAM CENTRE.

THE CODDENHAM CENTRE income £55k
QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY CENTRE income £26k
COTTINGLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE income £391k
Keynsham Community Hub income £29k
KGV COTTINGHAM COMMUNITY TRUST income £71k
KINGSLEY HALL CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COTTENHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE	£329k	—	below	—	noted
THE CODDENHAM CENTRE FY2025	£55k	—	above	—	no doubt
QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£26k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COTTINGLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£391k	—	below	—	noted
Keynsham Community Hub FY2025	£29k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KGV COTTINGHAM COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025	£71k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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