ENABLE LEISURE AND CULTURE
Registered charity 1172345 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
As a non-profit distributing organisation we work in partnerships with councils, charities and other bodies to deliver health, leisure and community services that enrich people's lives.We deliver high quality community services including managing local parks, staging innovative public and private events, running sports and local facilities and organising health and wellbeing programmes.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a total deficit of £797,204 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to a £583,956 provision for historical VAT liabilities. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are negative at £312,579, which is below the policy target, though the board anticipates offsetting this with external funding and remains confident in the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Events and Filming (33% of income)
“Events and Filming generated £6,462,164” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-313k; policy: £500k as a minimum)
“At the reporting date, unrestricted reserves are below the level set out in the reserves policy.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: One employee trustee received remuneration of £77,597 in their operational capacity.
“one employee received remuneration of £77,597 (2024: £62,378) in their operational capacity whilst serving as a Trustee.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Employee trustee remuneration
“one employee received remuneration of £77,597 (2024: £62,378) in their operational capacity whilst serving as a Trustee.” — page 19
“Trustee Claire Bertram made a payment of £1,880 for an art course at Putney School of Art & Design.” — page 56
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee course payment
“one employee received remuneration of £77,597 (2024: £62,378) in their operational capacity whilst serving as a Trustee.” — page 19
“Trustee Claire Bertram made a payment of £1,880 for an art course at Putney School of Art & Design.” — page 56
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Haysmac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
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.
- DAVIES, Claire Katherine — director, appointed 01/09/2026on trustee list
- FOWLER, Stacey Michelle — director, appointed 28/08/2026on trustee list
- ELIA, Elizabeth — director, appointed 27/08/2026on trustee list
- MILLS, Peter Shane — director, appointed 10/06/2025on trustee list
- ADAMS, Gordon Laurence Wilson — director, appointed 25/06/2024on trustee list
- PRESTON, Anthony John — director, appointed 25/06/2024on trustee list
- STONE, Ivan Robert — director, appointed 20/05/2022on trustee list
- PERCY, Michael Hugh — director, appointed 01/05/2019on trustee list
- FRANKL BERTRAM, Clare Lindsay Hough — director, appointed 23/07/2015not on trustee list
- BAILLIEU, Christopher Latham — director, appointed 23/07/2015not on trustee list
- TRIFONOS, Aksana — secretary, appointed 27/11/2023
Official officers record.
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.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- Anthony Preston
- CHRISTOPPHER LATHAM BALLIEU
- CLARE LINSAY HOUGH FRANKL BERTRAM
- Claire Davies
- Elizabeth Elia
- Gordon Adams · trustee of 1 other charity
- Ivan Stone
- Jason Yung
- Marc Taunton Newey
- Michael Hugh Percy · trustee of 1 other charity
- Peter Shane Mills
- Stacey Michelle Fowler
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: City Of Westminster · Croydon · Hammersmith And Fulham · Kensington And Chelsea · Lambeth · Lewisham · Merton · Richmond Upon Thames · Southwark · Wandsworth
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ENABLE LEISURE AND CULTURE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total deficit of £797,204 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to a £583,956 provision for historical VAT liabilities. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are negative at £312,579, which is below the policy target, though the board anticipates offsetting this with external funding and remains confident in the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Haysmac LLP.
Who funds ENABLE LEISURE AND CULTURE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ENABLE LEISURE AND CULTURE as a grant recipient include HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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