RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1156422 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Riverside Community Association Limited provides a range of leisure, educational and community activities. These are predominantly delivered at the Riverside Centre, a local community hub which the Association manages. The Association works in partnership with a range of other organisations to deliver its programme.

Objects

To further or benefit the residents of the London Borough of Sutton and its neighbouring boroughs, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions by associating together the said residents and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents.To enhance and maintain the wellbeing of children and young people resident in the London Borough of Sutton and its neighbouring boroughs by the provision of support, counselling, and recreation and leisure facilities independently and, when required, in conjunction with officers and staff of public or corporate bodies. In furtherance of these objects but not otherwise, the trustees shall have power:To establish or secure the establishment of a community centre and to maintain or manage or co-operate with any statutory authority in the maintenance and management of such a centre for activities promoted by the charity in furtherance of the above objects.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£268k
Latest spending
£230k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £37,497 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds increasing to £187,700. The trustees' report indicates that the accounts were approved on 6 January 2024, which is prior to the financial year-end, suggesting a filing delay. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £31,007.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (62% of income)
“Grants 34,670 131,343 166,012 98,317” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £166,012 — grants £166,012 (3); 62% of the £267,796 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £98,317 — grants £98,317 (3); 52% of the £188,230 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £141,830 — contracts £78,123 (4), grants £63,707 (3); 54% of the £260,867 total gross income on the same return

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

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

Operates in: Sutton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£268k£230k
31/03/2024£188k£206k
31/03/2023£261k£240k
31/03/2022£256k£212k
31/03/2021£218k£178k

Common questions

Is RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £37,497 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds increasing to £187,700. The trustees' report indicates that the accounts were approved on 6 January 2024, which is prior to the financial year-end, suggesting a filing delay. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £31,007. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED£268k——unclear—no doubt
RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION FY2026£2.5m——above—no doubt
RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT FY2025£451k—0unclear—no doubt
RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY RESOURCE TRUST FY2026£156k—0below—no doubt
WATERSIDE COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£773k—0below1.6%no doubt
RIDDINGS PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2026£68k—0unclear—noted

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