CARNEY'S COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1150650 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CC

Carney's Community services the local communities of Wandsworth, Lambeth and Southwark. It aims to reduce offending, re-offending and anti-social behaviour whilst improving social mobility and community cohesion. Its services are targeted at young people who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. The charity aims to achieve its objectives through mentoring and participation in boxing programmes.

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 (AND THEIR FAMILIES) LIVING IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN LAMBETH, WANDSWORTH, SOUTHWARK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(1) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(2) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(3) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;(4) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS;(5) PREVENTING CRIME BY UNDERTAKING ACTIVITIES THAT REDUCE OFFENDING AND RE-OFFENDING.

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wandsworth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by over 56% to £962,815, while expenditure rose to £638,472, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Free reserves stood at £390,005, which the trustees confirm is within their stated policy target of holding 6 to 9 months of operating expenditure. The independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention, and the charity confirmed it has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Carney's Community (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 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 (84% 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: 4.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles Gibson QCchair
• PAUL DELANEY
• Puja Nayar
• Rebecca Smith
• SHNAY CHOHAN
• Thomas Robert Edward Fitzgerald

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

Operates in: Lambeth · Southwark · Wandsworth

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BARNES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

• BARNES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £300k
• Crawley Community Action income £406k
• Caring for Communities and People income £13.0m
• ST. PANCRAS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £482k
• CUDWORTH COMMUNITY ENTERPRISES income £491k
• NHANCED COMMUNITIES income £182k

Side by side with its peers

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