LINDEN HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED
Linden Hall is a Community Centre which provides a friendly social environment in comfortable premises with professional management. While promoting the welfare of the elderly, socially isolated, and people with disabilities or suffering from ill health, within Hampton and Hampton Hill, Richmond, it also offers a range of services to all residents in association with local groups and providers.
Objects
1.TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH LONG TERM HEALTH CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH AGEING, IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE, WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES.2.TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL OR LEARNING DIFFICULTIES IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE, WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES.3.TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE
Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts
The charity reported a net income of £19,567 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in total funds of £168,043. Unrestricted reserves stood at £140,305, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining three months of average expenditure. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention.
What the accounts disclose
“The Trustees believe that keeping unrestricted reserves at a level equivalent to three months of average expenditure to include wages, will allow the charity to cover the shortfall of any contract payments whilst still being able to carry out its commitments to its beneficiaries.” — page 3
Policies the charity declares
- 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
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- 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)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026
- Volunteers: 8
- Government income: £59,476 — grants £59,476 (1); 32% of the £183,806 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 6
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 5
- Government income: £66,985 — grants £66,985 (2); 37% of the £179,664 total gross income on the same return
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (29/04/2015)
Trustees
- Janet Fisherchair
- Elizabeth Foster
- Elizabeth Gant
- Harpreet K Dias Dias
- Hilary Francis Glassup
- JANICE MERRITT
- Jeremy Elloy
- Suzette Nicholson CLLR
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2026 | £184k | £164k |
| 31/03/2025 | £208k | £180k |
| 31/03/2024 | £180k | £162k |
| 31/03/2023 | £151k | £163k |
| 31/03/2022 | £129k | £126k |
Common questions
Is LINDEN HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported a net income of £19,567 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in total funds of £168,043. Unrestricted reserves stood at £140,305, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining three months of average expenditure. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds LINDEN HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name LINDEN HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENT.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENT | FY2025 | £35k | Contribution towards salary costs for the Centre Manager and running costs of the centre. |
| HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENT | FY2023 | £35k | Coordination of activities for older people and other community groups - salary costs |
| HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENT | FY2022 | £25k | Contribution towards salary costs for the Centre Manager. Services provided were of benefit for up to 550 people in our area of benefit. |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION | 1 | £8k |
| Newcomen Collett Educational Foundation | 1 | £4k |
| ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIO | 1 | £1k |
Charities like this
- LANE END VILLAGE HALL
- LAINDON COMMUNITY CENTRE
- LLANGAIN AND DISTRICT MEMORIAL HALL
- LINTON VILLAGE HALL
- HILDA LANE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
- LONGFIELD HALL TRUST
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINDEN HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED | £184k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| LANE END VILLAGE HALL | £33k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| LAINDON COMMUNITY CENTRE | £329k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| LLANGAIN AND DISTRICT MEMORIAL HALL | £19k | — | 0 | within | — | no doubt |
| LINTON VILLAGE HALL | £56k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| HILDA LANE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION | £52k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |