PARKSIDE & DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1162093 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

we cater for babies up to 99 yearsthrough exercise classesmother and toddler groupsover 50s drop in group education groups and courses it suite and meeting rooms birthday partieswe have a outdoor 3g 7 a side football court

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF PARKSIDE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA (“AREA OF BENEFIT”) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID IANHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY 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 OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNITY BUILDING AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE 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 · Recreation · Get email alerts

Latest income
£63k
Latest spending
£51k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £50,095, an increase from the previous year's £32,398. The trustees consider this level of reserves to be adequate for the charity's ongoing work, though they aim to increase them further. The charity operates on a receipts and payments basis with no disclosed staff emoluments exceeding £60,000.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“having raised £69,118 (2023: £73,278) during the year and spent £51,421 (2023: £67,278) as set out in accounts.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: It is the policy of the Trustees to hold reserves, which provide for the ongoing work of the charity whilst retaining financial stability and the potential to respond to new opportunities. (held: £50k)
“It is the policy of the Trustees to hold reserves, which provide for the ongoing work of the charity whilst retaining financial stability and the potential to respond to new opportunities.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£63k£51k
31/12/2023£73k£67k
31/12/2022£41k£57k
31/12/2021£67k£64k
31/12/2020£41k£29k

Common questions

Is PARKSIDE & DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £50,095, an increase from the previous year's £32,398. The trustees consider this level of reserves to be adequate for the charity's ongoing work, though they aim to increase them further. The charity operates on a receipts and payments basis with no disclosed staff emoluments exceeding £60,000. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government05/10/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Northern Rock Foundation04/07/2002£3kGrant awarded to Parkside & District Community Association (Durham)
Northern Rock Foundation02/03/2001£2kGrant awarded to Parkside & District Community Association (Durham)
Northern Rock Foundation11/07/2000£42kGrant awarded to Parkside & District Community Association (Durham)
Northern Rock Foundation20/11/1998£2kGrant awarded to Parkside & District Community Association (Durham)