GREENACRES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1169731 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Greenacres Community Association runs and manages a community centre serving Greenacres and surrounding neighbourhoods. The centre provides facilities for recreation, leisure, education in the interest of social welfare to benefit the whole community.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF GREENACRES AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOODS, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, DISABILITY, AGE 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 LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

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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Latest income
£143k
Latest spending
£165k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded an overall deficit for the financial year, with unrestricted reserves of £183,311 and restricted reserves of £4,734 at the year end. The trustees consider that the current assets are adequate to meet obligations and that the balance of unrestricted reserves met their policy target of retaining at least six months of running costs. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least six months running costs (held: £183k)
“The trustees consider that, in addition, GCA requires at least six months running costs should be retained to ensure that the ClO can run efficiently and continue to work to meet the needs of its users.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oldham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£143k£165k
31/03/2024£227k£201k
31/03/2023£196k£185k
31/03/2022£119k£106k
31/03/2021£134k£103k

Common questions

Is GREENACRES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded an overall deficit for the financial year, with unrestricted reserves of £183,311 and restricted reserves of £4,734 at the year end. The trustees consider that the current assets are adequate to meet obligations and that the balance of unrestricted reserves met their policy target of retaining at least six months of running costs. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/04/2026£20kStir It Up
The National Lottery Community Fund02/02/2024£20kWell Connected Greenacres
The National Lottery Community Fund17/03/2023£10kEuroVision Comes To Greenacres
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2021£10kBouncing Back
The National Lottery Community Fund19/12/2016£9kAll Together Now Greenacres
The National Lottery Community Fund07/10/2015£10kOur Greenacres Community Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund02/05/2012£10kDonkey Work
The National Lottery Community Fund25/02/2011£10kBLT/GPI Clarkesfield/Greenacres/Littlemoor
The National Lottery Community Fund19/09/2008£6kOver 50's Get Fit to Keep Fit