SOUTHERN BROOKS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Registered charity 1157061 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, Southern Brooks
We have been established since 1988 as a community development organisation helping people achieve their full potential and shape their own futures.We are committed to supporting the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people and our aim is for people to be healthy and happy and have the skills and confidence they need to shape their own future and to actively contribute to their communities.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income decreased to £1,001,778 while total expenditure fell to £1,175,158, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £222,890, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £193,460, providing a margin of safety as it navigates a challenging funding environment.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 3 months’ core team and resource costs plus other identified financial risks (held: £223k)
“These are quantified at 3 months’ core team and resource costs plus other identified financial risks. The level of reserves required on these bases was calculated at £193,460 as at 31 March 2025.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations made by one trustee during the year total £240 (2024: two trustees totalling £290). All donations from related parties were unrestricted in the current and prior year.
“Donations made by one trustee during the year total £240 (2024: two trustees totalling £290). All donations from related parties were unrestricted in the current and prior year.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Southern Brooks (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Suzanne Wilson — CEO (source)
- Kate Golding — Head of Finance (source)
- Catherine Coleman — Head of Community (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)
Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (24/01/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (17/07/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Hugh Barrettchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Andrew Alun Langdon
- DAVID BELL
- Lara Bealing
- Paul Timmins
- Philip James Grew
- Scott Jacobs-Lange
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: South Gloucestershire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SOUTHERN BROOKS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased to £1,001,778 while total expenditure fell to £1,175,158, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £222,890, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £193,460, providing a margin of safety as it navigates a challenging funding environment. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited.
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