KNIGHTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1167969 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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 residents.Manage Knighton and District Community Centre and to maintain and manage the Centre in co-operation with any other person or body, in furtherance of these objects.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£215k
Latest spending
£190k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operates in a challenging financial environment with rising costs and inconsistent income, resulting in a net decrease in funds for the year. The charity holds limited unrestricted reserves which are considered necessary only for short-term cash flow and core service operations. Key risks include increased utility and staffing costs and reduced grant availability.

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 (held: £36k)
“The charity holds limited unrestricted reserves, which are kept under regular review and are considered necessary to support short-term cash flow and the continued operation of core services.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The charity holds limited unrestricted reserves, which are kept under regular review and are considered necessary to support short-term cash flow and the continued operation of core services.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Herefordshire · Powys · Shropshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£215k£190k
31/03/2024£184k£220k
31/03/2023£201k£222k
31/03/2022£94k£156k
31/03/2021£108k£134k

Common questions

Is KNIGHTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operates in a challenging financial environment with rising costs and inconsistent income, resulting in a net decrease in funds for the year. The charity holds limited unrestricted reserves which are considered necessary only for short-term cash flow and core service operations. Key risks include increased utility and staffing costs and reduced grant availability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds KNIGHTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KNIGHTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE OAKDALE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2025£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund14/03/2025£20kCommunity Digi-Support
The National Lottery Community Fund02/03/2023£6kKnighton Celebration of the Coronation
The National Lottery Community Fund08/07/2021£10kCOVID-19 - Advice from the Hub Drop-In
The National Lottery Community Fund12/05/2020£10kCovid-19 Knighton and District
The National Lottery Community Fund09/08/2018£10kPicture This
The National Lottery Community Fund29/01/2015£24kThe Big Ren
The National Lottery Community Fund07/04/2010£5kPhase1 of the 'THE BIG REN'
The National Lottery Community Fund14/08/2006£5kImproving Facilities

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
LOCAL TRUST1£1.1m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LLANI COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KNIGHTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE£215k—0below—noted
LLANI COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£112k—0below—no doubt
THE KEMPSTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt
FERRYSIDE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE GROUP FY2024£105k—0above—no doubt
DEAL AND WALMER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£147k—0below—noted
DAVENTRY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£257k—0unclear—no doubt

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