MOTTINGHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1131140 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To refurbish and manage the previously abandoned Mottingham Community Centre for the benefit of the local community. To provide a supportive home for a pre-school to serve the needs of local parents. To further develop the use of the hall for the benefit of the community and further involve the wider community of Mottingham in the management of the hall.

Objects

TO FURTHER FOR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF NOTTINGHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS 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 LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS

Area of benefit: NOTTINGHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£43k
Latest spending
£40k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £38,437, which is above the charity's stated policy target of £10,000 to £20,000. The charity reported a surplus for the year, with income of £42,866 exceeding expenditure of £39,653. 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

Related-party transaction: Aggregate donations from a trustee were nil.
“Aggregate donations from a trustee were Enil (2024: nil)” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Independent examiner drew attention to personal payments mistakenly made from charity bank account lacking contemporaneous records.
“I draw attention to the fact that during the year certain payments of a personal nature were mistakenly made from the charity’s bank account. These transactions were not supported by contemporaneous records at the time they were made.” — page 6
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: Bromley · Greenwich

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£43k£40k
31/03/2024£39k£35k
31/03/2023£33k£40k
31/03/2022£43k£27k
31/03/2021£25k£22k

Common questions

Is MOTTINGHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £38,437, which is above the charity's stated policy target of £10,000 to £20,000. The charity reported a surplus for the year, with income of £42,866 exceeding expenditure of £39,653. Trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.