LYDE GREEN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1172725 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Lyde Green Community Association operates a community centre, and provides events and activities for the benefit and development of the local community.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:- TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS;- TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN COOPERATION WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS;- TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.THE CHARITY SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION. THE AREA OF BENEFIT ("AREA OF BENEFIT") SHALL BE LYDE GREEN, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREA, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TOGETHER DEFINED BY LYDE GREEN.

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£127k
Latest spending
£130k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £101,944, which the trustees note has been maintained from the previous year. The charity reports a net decrease in total funds of £3,373 for the year, driven by higher charitable expenditure than incoming resources. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources available for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least nine months of running costs (reserves figure: £102k)
“Given the large liability of running the Community Centre, the Trustees are working towards having a consistent level of reserves that equates to at least nine months of running costs.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Coffee at Ours Ltd owed £1,381 to the charity; Chair Kelly Adams is a director of Coffee at Ours Ltd; rental fees of £7,284 were charged to Coffee at Ours Ltd.
“As at 31st March 2025 Coffee at Ours Ltd (company number 11917925) owed £1,381 (2024: £1,200) to Lyde Green Community Centre. Kelly Adams (Chair) is a director of Coffee at Ours ltd. Coffee at Ours Ltd was charged rental fees of £7,284 (2024: £7,200).” — page 21
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.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 22
  • Government income: £3,450 — grants £3,450 (4); 3% of the £126,948 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £1,500 — grants £1,500 (2); 1% of the £138,437 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 24

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£127k£130k
31/03/2024£138k£105k
31/03/2023£114k£103k
31/03/2022£92k£92k
31/03/2021£92k£93k

Common questions

Is LYDE GREEN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £101,944, which the trustees note has been maintained from the previous year. The charity reports a net decrease in total funds of £3,373 for the year, driven by higher charitable expenditure than incoming resources. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources available for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LYDE GREEN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LYDE GREEN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include QUARTET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
QUARTET COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2021£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/04/2022£4kLyde Green Jubilee Extravaganza
UK government22/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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
CRH CHARITABLE TRUST1£20k
THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST1£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COMMUNITY CENTRE @ STUDLEY GREEN.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LYDE GREEN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£127k—0unclear—no doubt
THE COMMUNITY CENTRE @ STUDLEY GREEN FY2025£38k—0unclear—no doubt
RYE COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION FY2025£32k—0unclear—no doubt
LOUNDSLEY GREEN COMMUNITY TRUST FY2026£90k——above—no doubt
LYPPARD GRANGE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£171k—0above—no doubt
LEIGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£379k—0below—no doubt

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