VINEYARD COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1143951 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Vineyard Community Centre opened in March 2012 with a vision to meet needs for the homeless and the socially excluded. The Centre provides a morning drop-in, an afternoon community cafe, a foodbank and a charity shop.

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN RICHMOND-UPON-THAMES2. THE RELIEF OF NEED AND SICKNESS IN THE COMMUNITY WITH A FOCUS ON HELPING THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £74,560 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income of £697,502. Free reserves stood at £386,675, which the trustees confirmed were in excess of their stated policy requirement of £335,000. The charity confirmed it is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• 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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Vineyard Community Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Trussell Trust — “Struggling to afford food essentials? Find out more about our Trussell Trust Foodbank services.” (source page)

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (81% 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: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David William Smith
• Lydia Edith Palmer BA
• Peter Flower BA AKC · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT MICHAEL KIMMERLING BA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sonica Mushi BA

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

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PLYMOUTH VINEYARD.

• PLYMOUTH VINEYARD income £141k
• CARDIFF VINEYARD income £1.2m
• VINEYARD COMMUNITY CHURCH, DAVENTRY income £118k
• THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, VINEYARD CHAPEL income £245k
• CROYDON VINEYARD income £576k
• THE VINE COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD income £186k

Side by side with its peers

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