BOOKHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1148881 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance education and provide leisure facilities for the population of Great and Little Bookham and the surrounding communities. This is facilitated by managing the Old Barn Hall Community complex, publishing the Bookhams Bulletin and organising Village Day and other community activities.

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Latest income

£193k

Latest spending

£178k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £15,256 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total incoming resources of £192,977. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £124,966, reflecting a healthy financial position with no stated material uncertainties or risks to going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: based on the Directors’ assessment of the perceived and unforeseen risks to the property in the event of uninsured damage or repairs taking into account the age of the structure (held: £125k)

“The Reserves Policy is based on the Directors’ assessment of the perceived and unforeseen risks to the property in the event of uninsured damage or repairs taking into account the age of the structure.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (22/01/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

KEITH FRANCIS SLARKchair
Dr David Norton Ryder · trustee of 1 other charity
ELIZABETH ANGELA BAKER
IAN KENNETH BAKER
PETER GRAHAM CLARKE
Roger John Anthony Bull
SYLVIA MARGARET BULL
VERONICA JANE MACKENZIE HURREN

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£193k	£178k
31/08/2024	£129k	£125k
31/08/2023	£111k	£93k
31/08/2022	£98k	£80k
31/08/2021	£110k	£99k

Common questions

Is BOOKHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £15,256 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total incoming resources of £192,977. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £124,966, reflecting a healthy financial position with no stated material uncertainties or risks to going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BOOKHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BOOKHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/12/2024	£20k	Harrison Room Cloakroom refurbishment
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/11/2011	£8k	Main Hall Replacement Floor