BUILDING COMMUNITIES TRUSTEE LIMITED

Registered charity 1164509 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

FUNDING AND SUPPORT TO COMMUNITIES TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF POVERTY.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO UNDERTAKE, DO, AND PERFORM (ALONE OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHERS) ALL THINGS THE TRUSTEES CONSIDER EXPEDIENT FOR THE:(A) PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION (AS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE);(B) PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY;(C) PROMOTION OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION OF AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION;(D) DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY OR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;(E) IMPROVEMENT OF THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR;(F) ADVANCEMENT AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT FOR THE PURPOSES OF HEALTHY RECREATION; AND(G) PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE PURSUITS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLICIN EACH CASE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.?THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION? MEANS PREVENTING PEOPLE BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£192k
Latest spending
£3.5m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a financially sound position, with total net assets of £4,396,892 held in restricted funds to be spent by March 2029. The trustees report that the charity has no free reserves, as all resources are restricted, but the endowment and investment returns are sufficient to cover administrative costs and charitable activities until the planned closure. The independent auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The charity has no free reserves, however, from the Trust Deed between the charity and the Big Lottery, a proportion of the restricted funds will be used towards administrative costs whilst the charity is in existence.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bevan Buckland Audit Ltd. Discloses 3 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 30/09/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£192k£3.5m
30/09/2024£272k£3.5m
30/09/2023£276k£2.0m
30/09/2022£56k£1.1m
30/09/2021£401k£1.8m

Common questions

Is BUILDING COMMUNITIES TRUSTEE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in a financially sound position, with total net assets of £4,396,892 held in restricted funds to be spent by March 2029. The trustees report that the charity has no free reserves, as all resources are restricted, but the endowment and investment returns are sufficient to cover administrative costs and charitable activities until the planned closure. The independent auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bevan Buckland Audit Ltd.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BUILDING COMMUNITIES TRUSTEE LIMITED£192k——below—no doubt
BIRCH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£90k—0unclear—no doubt
BE WITH ME FY2025£57k—0unclear—no doubt
TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE MISSIONARY SISTERS OF THE IMMACULATE FY2025£216k—0above—no doubt
THE POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENT TRUST FY2026£206k—0unclear—no doubt
M O CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£146k—0within—no doubt

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