MAPLE CROSS CLUB

Registered charity 1132293 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community Centre offering facilities to local community

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF MAPLE CROSS AND WESTHYDE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION ,RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAME 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 LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING LIFE FOR RESIDENTS.

Area of benefit: MAPLE CROSS AND WESTHYDE

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 · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Latest income
£283k
Latest spending
£259k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £16,440 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £282,628. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £82,008 are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure, satisfying the charity's own reserves policy. The director confirms the company is a going concern with sufficient financial support to meet working capital requirements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six month’s expenditure (held: £82k)
“It is the policy of the club that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 4
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.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£283k£259k
31/03/2024£242k£228k
31/03/2023£180k£189k
31/05/2022£238k£247k
31/05/2021£117k£119k

Common questions

Is MAPLE CROSS CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £16,440 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £282,628. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £82,008 are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure, satisfying the charity's own reserves policy. The director confirms the company is a going concern with sufficient financial support to meet working capital requirements. 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 Fund08/07/2015£10kMaple Cross Outreach Green Energy Project
The National Lottery Community Fund14/01/2010£10kMaple Cross Club Refurbishment Project