HOWDEN CLOUGH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1162508 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HCCA

A Charitable Incorporated Organisation which exists and acts for the benefit of the local community, in particular owning and managing a Community Centre for the use of local people and others.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF HOWDEN CLOUGH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, 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.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.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

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Registered contact address: Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£46k
Latest spending
£43k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £46,198.75, with unrestricted reserves carried forward totaling £38,083.26. Expenditure for the year amounted to £43,415.75, resulting in a net surplus for the period. The filing does not disclose any specific reserves policy target or indicate any material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £7,850 — grants £7,850 (2); 17% of the £46,199 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Government income: £7,700 — grants £7,700 (1); 26% of the £29,178 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 19/11/2024, 19 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 24/10/2024, 359 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 24/10/2024, 724 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. 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 (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£46k£43k
31/12/2024£29k£32k
31/12/2023£17k£28k
31/12/2022£26k£34k
31/12/2021£50k£37k

Common questions

Is HOWDEN CLOUGH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £46,198.75, with unrestricted reserves carried forward totaling £38,083.26. Expenditure for the year amounted to £43,415.75, resulting in a net surplus for the period. The filing does not disclose any specific reserves policy target or indicate any material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Who funds HOWDEN CLOUGH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOWDEN CLOUGH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE ASDA FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ASDA FOUNDATIONFY2025£16kLocal Community Spaces Fund

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HILLINGDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOWDEN CLOUGH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£46k—0unclear—no doubt
HILLINGDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£64k—0unclear—no doubt
BRANDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£96k—0unclear—no doubt
MOORDOWN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£134k—0below—no doubt
HOLBROOKS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2026£106k——unclear—no doubt
HARLOW COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION FY2025£103k—0unclear—no doubt

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