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HOME COMMUNITY CAFE

Registered charity 1161501 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOME CAFE

Home is an independent cafe for all the community in Didsbury. A place to meet, make friends, make stuff, eat cake and drink proper coffee. A place where you belong. We are a registered charity with an ethos that's as wholesome as the delicious, freshly prepared food we serve.

Causes: Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£95k
Latest spending
£90k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £4,331 for the year, increasing cash reserves to £14,040. However, the trustees note that reserves will reduce by £4,000 once VAT and PAYE liabilities are settled, and they anticipate a difficult trading environment in 2026 where maintaining target reserves will be challenged.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Café sales (95% of income)
“Of the total receipts for the financial year of £94,643, £89,828 (95%) was from café sales” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one and a half month’s trading at £11,229 (held: £14k)
“we are above our target level of reserves of one and a half month’s trading at £11,229.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity operates from Emmanuel Church (Registered Charity 1131669) under a lease agreement.
“Home Community Cafe operates from Emmanuel Church, Didsbury (Registered Charity 1131669: St. James and Emmanuel Church). The lease agreement with St. James and Emmanuel Church specifies that the PCC approve Home Community Cafe trustee appointments whilst the cafe operates from the Emmanuel premises.” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£95k£90k
31/03/2024£90k£90k
31/03/2023£89k£89k
31/03/2022£73k£74k
31/03/2021£54k£50k

Common questions

Is HOME COMMUNITY CAFE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £4,331 for the year, increasing cash reserves to £14,040. However, the trustees note that reserves will reduce by £4,000 once VAT and PAYE liabilities are settled, and they anticipate a difficult trading environment in 2026 where maintaining target reserves will be challenged. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/03/2023£1kCoronation Garden Party 2023