SPRING COMMUNITY HUB

Registered charity 1172789 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CENTRAL SOUTHWARK COMMUNITY HUB

1. Provide relief to individuals and families in the London Borough of Southwark experiencing food insecurity through the provision of Food Parcels, Budgetting/Cooking Workshops and Holiday Hunger provision.2. To provide support through signposting or by referal to approved partner agencies to enable users to avoid future crisis.

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Latest income
£703k
Latest spending
£795k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 have been examined by an independent examiner who confirmed that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and that the accounts accord with those records. The examiner reported no material matters requiring attention for a proper understanding of the accounts.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Spring Community Hub (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£703k
Total spending
£795k
Cost of raising funds
£10k
Reserves (reported)
£32k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Havering · Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£703k£795k
31/03/2024£778k£829k
31/03/2023£573k£456k
31/03/2022£493k£447k
31/03/2021£312k£271k

Common questions

Is SPRING COMMUNITY HUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 have been examined by an independent examiner who confirmed that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and that the accounts accord with those records. The examiner reported no material matters requiring attention for a proper understanding of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SPRING COMMUNITY HUB?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SPRING COMMUNITY HUB as a grant recipient include THE PETER MINET TRUST, THE HEADLEY TRUST, UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY, CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON, The Ethos Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PETER MINET TRUSTFY2024£36kOpen Fund Grants: Round 2 Funded Partners
THE PETER MINET TRUSTFY2023£30kOpen Fund Grants Round 2
THE HEADLEY TRUSTFY2024£30kFoodbanks.
THE PETER MINET TRUSTFY2022£30kOpen Fund Grants Round 2: Multi-Year - Year 1 of 3
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITYFY2024£30kGrant funding towards Spring Back: An advice and support service to BME communities
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2024£22kChurch & Communities Programme
THE PETER MINET TRUSTFY2025£20kGrant
THE HEADLEY TRUSTFY2025£20kGrants of £20,000 each were made to the following organisations for the provision of help with food and other basic needs:
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2025£17kChurch & Communities Programme
THE HEADLEY TRUSTFY2023£10kFoodbank plus - Towards provision of help with food and other basic needs.
The Ethos FoundationFY2023£7kOther smaller grants
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITYFY2023£7kFood Grant for food and basics provisions
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITYFY2024£7kFood Grant for food and basics provisions
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2022£7k
SOUTHWARK CHARITIESFY2023£6kGrants awarded to community organisations and charities
CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARKFY2023£6k
SOUTHWARK CHARITIESFY2024£6k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2024£5k
CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARKFY2025£5k
THE HEADLEY TRUSTFY2024£5kFoodbanks.
The Ethos FoundationFY2024£5kSmaller grant
QUINTESSENTIALLY FOUNDATIONFY2021£5k
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIOFY2025£3kFoundation Fund grants
CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARKFY2024£2k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2025£2k
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIOFY2024£2kFoundation Fund grants
Newcomen Collett Educational FoundationFY2025£2kGrant to Organisation
Newcomen Collett Educational FoundationFY2025£1kGrant to Organisation
Newcomen Collett Educational FoundationFY2022£1kProjects/Equipment
Newcomen Collett Educational FoundationFY2023£1kSchool Uniform/General
Newcomen Collett Educational FoundationFY2024£1kGrant
Newcomen Collett Educational FoundationFY2024£1kGrant
THE COOKS CHARITYFY2025£1kThe Elizabeth Fund
Newcomen Collett Educational FoundationFY2023£1kOther Grants
The Rathbones Group FoundationFY2023£250London
The Rathbones Group FoundationFY2022£0London

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England21/01/2026£9kSpring Up Sports
The National Lottery Community Fund28/10/2025£19k‘Triple S’ - Social Supermarket and Community Cafe
The National Lottery Community Fund10/04/2024£20kSpring Social Supermarket
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£2kGrant to Spring Community Hub
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£81kGrant to Spring Community Hub
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£3kGrant to Spring Community Hub
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£22kGrant to Spring Community Hub
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£4kGrant to Spring Community Hub
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£6kGrant to Spring Community Hub
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£4kGrant to Spring Community Hub
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£3kGrant to Spring Community Hub
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£17kGrant to Spring Community Hub
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£4kGrant to Spring Community Hub
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£2kGrant to Spring Community Hub
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£1kGrant to Spring Community Hub (Formerly known as Central Southwark Community Hub)
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£24kGrant to Spring Community Hub
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£2kGrant to Spring Community Hub
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£22kGrant to Spring Community Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund28/07/2023£10kMH – Spring Forward Youth: Creating positive futures for Southwark youth
The Mercers' Company27/04/2023£5kGrant to Spring Community Hub
The Mercers' Company19/04/2023£51kGrant to Spring Community Hub
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2023£20kGrant to Spring Community Hub
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2023£26kGrant to Spring Community Hub
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2023£3kGrant to Spring Community Hub
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2023£3kGrant to Spring Community Hub

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SWINDON HUB CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SPRING COMMUNITY HUB£703k—0unclear—no doubt
SWINDON HUB CIO FY2025£135k—0unclear—no doubt
THE COMMUNITY HUB FY2025£141k—0unclear—no doubt
NEW COMMUNITY CHURCH S.E. LONDON FY2025£1.1m£60,001 - £70,000—above—no doubt
TOOTING COMMUNITY KITCHEN FY2025£123k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY CONCERN LONDON FY2024£934—0above—no doubt

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