NETHERTON PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1142416 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education and Training Provision: formal/informal training.Support to marginalised groups: Delivery of social/recreational activities.Children and Young people and their families: Open access projects and play groups for all ages and abilities.Health and Well-Being Support: Healthy eating promotion through cooking workshops, sport/keep fit activities/facilities.

Objects

TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE, EDUCATION, RECREATION AND LEISURE WITHIN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND BY SO DOING IMPROVE THE WELFARE AND SPIRIT OF THOSE LIVING WITHIN THE AREA.THE FACILITIES ARE INTENDED TO ASSIST ALL THOSE LIVING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, AS WELL AS IMPROVING THEIR GENERAL CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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

Registered contact address: Sefton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£459k
Latest spending
£331k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £335,688, supported by a healthy cash position of £484,293. The charity reported a net income surplus of £127,998 for the year, which was reinvested into fixed assets. The trustees acknowledge the need to use reserves to meet rising demand and cost pressures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Netherton Park Community Association was owed £1,822 by Nethertots C.I.C, a Company of which Mrs S Pett is a director.
“At 31 July 2024 and 2025 Netherton Park Community Association was owed £1,822 by Nethertots C.1.C, a Company of which Mrs S Pett is a director.” — page 20
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.

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 31/07/2025

  • Volunteers: 26
  • Government income: £266,520 — contracts £60,000 (1), grants £206,520 (4); 58% of the £458,605 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Volunteers: 22
  • Government income: £30,000 — grants £30,000 (1); 6% of the £466,867 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Volunteers: 18
  • Government income: £60,000 — contracts £30,000 (1), grants £30,000 (1); 15% of the £392,868 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2023 (received 11/06/2024, 11 days after the 31/05/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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)

2 registered titles 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.

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sefton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£459k£331k
31/07/2024£467k£329k
31/07/2023£393k£312k
31/07/2022£307k£322k
31/07/2021£396k£297k

Common questions

Is NETHERTON PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £335,688, supported by a healthy cash position of £484,293. The charity reported a net income surplus of £127,998 for the year, which was reinvested into fixed assets. The trustees acknowledge the need to use reserves to meet rising demand and cost pressures. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NETHERTON PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NETHERTON PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£60k42% of operating costs over 3‑years for the Family Support Team at a community association in Bootle, Merseyside.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2024£20kMoving Forward
The National Lottery Community Fund05/08/2022£10kMy Future
The National Lottery Community Fund16/04/2021£325kMoving Forward
The National Lottery Community Fund07/08/2019£9kCommunity Race for Health
The National Lottery Community Fund25/08/2016£9kComing Together
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2016£10kStaying Healthy
The National Lottery Community Fund07/10/2015£314kGrowing Together
The National Lottery Community Fund26/03/2014£10kNPNC Digital Inclusion Project (DIP)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/03/2013£16k"Partners in Time"
The National Lottery Community Fund12/05/2011£10kNetherton Park Open Access Play Scheme
The National Lottery Community Fund09/09/2009£241kNetherton Park Neighbourhood Centre

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE EARLEY CHARITY1£451k
The Barnes Fund1£42k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION1£23k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NETHERTON PARK TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NETHERTON PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£459k—0unclear—no doubt
NETHERTON PARK TRUST FY2026£80k—0unclear—no doubt
STROUDEN PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£56k—0unclear—no doubt
EARLEY CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£215k—0above—no doubt
BOULTON LANE PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£26k—0above—no doubt
OKEHAMPTON COMMUNITY AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION FY2025£405k—0below—no doubt

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