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EXETER COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST

Registered charity 1135162 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To refurbish Exeter Community Centre building to bring it back into community use

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£376k
Latest spending
£250k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £143,409 are below the stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The charity is reliant on the continued support of its lender, The Social Investment Business, to maintain going concern status, although trustees anticipate a new agreement will improve financial security by late 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six month's expenditure (held: £143k)
“It is the policy of the trust that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to six month's expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis which means that the charity can pay its debts as they fall due for the next twelve months. The charity is reliant on the continued positive support of its only lender, The Social Investment Business, who have being extremely supportive of the project. In the last few years The Social Investment Business have provided a temporary restructuring of the loan interest payable and a capital repayment holiday. This support is still ongoing.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Total income
£658k
Total spending
£266k
Reserves (reported)
£7k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£376k£250k
31/03/2024£249k£229k
31/03/2023£281k£792k
31/03/2022£170k£173k
31/03/2021£658k£266k

Common questions

Is EXETER COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £143,409 are below the stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The charity is reliant on the continued support of its lender, The Social Investment Business, to maintain going concern status, although trustees anticipate a new agreement will improve financial security by late 2025. 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 Heritage Fund27/07/2020£44k"COVID 19: Exeter Community Centre Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/03/2018£369k"Connecting and celebrating Community Heritage in St. David's: Our Big Building,Our Big Map"
The National Lottery Community Fund29/11/2012£10kExexter Community Centre Garden Project