CANTERBURY UMBRELLA

Registered charity 1153745 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supplying facilities for recreation, education, refreshment, companionship and general care for people with mental or physical disability, sickness or disorder.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£109k
Latest spending
£185k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £73,061 for the year, reducing total funds to £201,005. The trustees report that reserves are below their stated policy target of £30,000 cash reserve, noting that unrestricted funds are £25,970. Despite the deficit, the trustees consider there are sufficient funds to operate into 2027 and beyond.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £30,000 (held: £26k)
“The Trustee's aim to maintain £30,000 cash reserve to cover redundancy and other closure costs” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£109k£185k
31/03/2024£123k£247k
31/03/2023£134k£200k
31/03/2022£104k£154k
31/03/2021£171k£156k

Common questions

Is CANTERBURY UMBRELLA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £73,061 for the year, reducing total funds to £201,005. The trustees report that reserves are below their stated policy target of £30,000 cash reserve, noting that unrestricted funds are £25,970. Despite the deficit, the trustees consider there are sufficient funds to operate into 2027 and beyond. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CANTERBURY UMBRELLA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CANTERBURY UMBRELLA as a grant recipient include YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government03/08/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund24/09/2014£9kCanterbury Umbrella Centre Development Project