GRASSROOTS PROGRAMME
Registered charity 1163427 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
GRASSROOTS Luton is a community engagement programme working for over 30 years with diverse faith communities building peace & reconcilation, strenghtening community relations and resilience. Founded in 1991, it registered as a charity in 1996, and became a CIO in 2015. GRASSROOTS continues to support cohesion in a town shaped by rich diversity and shifting global influences.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £9,218 for the year ended 31 August 2025, funded by total income of £108,776. Reserves at the year-end were £71,421 in unrestricted designated funds and £750 in restricted funds, with no stated reserves policy target provided in the document.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Grants (91% of income)
“Grants received 98,986”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (29/11/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (16/12/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Brian Robert Roe
- Deborah Purfield
- Janet Bird
- Rev PHILIP JOHN HORNER
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Luton
Income and spending
Common questions
Is GRASSROOTS PROGRAMME financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £9,218 for the year ended 31 August 2025, funded by total income of £108,776. Reserves at the year-end were £71,421 in unrestricted designated funds and £750 in restricted funds, with no stated reserves policy target provided in the document.
Who funds GRASSROOTS PROGRAMME?
Funders whose own accounts filings name GRASSROOTS PROGRAMME as a grant recipient include WESTHILL ENDOWMENT.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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