LOSTWITHIEL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1168401 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

With effect from 1st September 2019, the charity has now assumed the responsibility for running the town's community centre having taken over the activities of its unincorporated predecessor

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LOSTWITHIEL AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OS SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS(B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE" AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE ASSOCIATION AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS

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

Causes: Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£202k
Latest spending
£166k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased from £37,080 to £72,920, driven by a net incoming resource surplus of £35,841 against total resources expended of £166,272. The charity holds unrestricted funds available for use at the discretion of the trustees, with no restricted or designated fund balances explicitly detailed in the summary figures. Net current assets rose significantly to £58,385, supported by cash reserves of £64,363.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £20,976 — grants £20,976 (1); 10% of the £202,112 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £6,000 — grants £6,000 (2); 4% of the £167,720 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 23

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£202k£166k
31/08/2024£168k£147k
31/08/2023£120k£134k
31/08/2022£116k£128k
31/08/2021£94k£82k

Common questions

Is LOSTWITHIEL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased from £37,080 to £72,920, driven by a net incoming resource surplus of £35,841 against total resources expended of £166,272. The charity holds unrestricted funds available for use at the discretion of the trustees, with no restricted or designated fund balances explicitly detailed in the summary figures. Net current assets rose significantly to £58,385, supported by cash reserves of £64,363. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LOSTWITHIEL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LOSTWITHIEL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE DUKE OF CORNWALL'S CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DUKE OF CORNWALL'S CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/09/2025£281kLostwithiel Community Centre Facilities Upgrade (Lift Up)
The National Lottery Community Fund29/10/2024£5kDishwasher
The National Lottery Community Fund21/07/2023£5kKitchen cooker etc
The National Lottery Community Fund10/03/2023£5kLostwithiel Coronation Centre Celebrations
The National Lottery Community Fund14/04/2022£2kCentre Jubilee Party
The National Lottery Community Fund14/05/2021£8kRefurbish conference room

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
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS1£155k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LOSTWITHIEL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£202k—0unclear—no doubt
LITTLEWORTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£26k—0unclear—no doubt
COTTAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2026£34k——unclear—no doubt
THE WESTERN COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£34k—0unclear—no doubt
BEANFIELD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£84k—0unclear—no doubt
COTTINGLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£391k—0below—noted

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