BLACKHEATH & BROMLEY HARRIERS AC

Registered charity 1173422 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our objectives are for the public benefit with particular reference to the inhabitants of South London, Kent, Surrey and the surrounding areas:- to promote community participation in healthy recreation including running and athletics.- to advance amateur sport by providing facilities for athletics and other such sports- to educate the public to improve fitness and health through athletics.

Objects

THE CLUB'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT GENERALLY BUT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTH LONDON, KENT, SURREY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS:3.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORTS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES WHICH IMPROVE FITNESS AND HEALTH, INCLUDING RUNNING AND ATHLETICS (FACILITIES IN THIS ARTICLE 3 MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);3.2 TO ADVANCE AMATEUR SPORT BY PROMOTING RUNNING AND ATHLETICS AND SUCH OTHER SPORTS, GAMES AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES WHICH PROMOTE HEALTH BY INVOLVING PHYSICAL OR MENTAL SKILL OR EXERTION;3.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, BY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY AND FACILITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN RUNNING AND ATHLETICS AND SUCH OTHER SPORTS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES WHICH IMPROVE FITNESS AND HEALTH SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO THE FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £63,058 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income increasing by over 15% to £472,688. The trustees report that finances remain in a healthy state, with unrestricted reserves of £3,225,748 providing sufficient resources to meet future maintenance and development needs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00215991

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Jack Petchey Foundation — “The Jack Petchey Foundation has become a beacon of hope and support for aspiring athletes at the Blackheath and Bromley Athletics Club. Foun…” (source page)

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.

• CROSSAN, Michael — director, appointed 04/03/2025on trustee list
• SHIRLEY, Eric John — director, appointed 12/12/2023on trustee list
• PULLIN, Helga — director, appointed 25/03/2023on trustee list
• YOUNG, Ian Kirkpatrick — director, appointed 11/11/2021on trustee list
• ASHER-SMITH, Julie Anthea — director, appointed 06/06/2017on trustee list
• APPLETON, David — director, appointed 18/03/2017on trustee list
• SOUTAR, Timothy James — director, appointed 18/03/2017on trustee list
• YOUNG, Ian Kirkpatrick — secretary, appointed 30/05/2015

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~93.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Ahmed Gemili
• David Appleton
• Eric Shirley
• Helga Pullin
• IAN KIRKPATRICK YOUNG
• JULIE ASHER-SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Desmond Crossan · trustee of 1 other charity
• TIMOTHY JAMES SOUTAR

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

Operates in: Bexley · Bromley · Croydon · East Sussex · Greenwich · Kent · Lewisham · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BLACKHEATH & ELTHAMIANS HOCKEY CLUB.

• BLACKHEATH & ELTHAMIANS HOCKEY CLUB income £136k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BLACKHEATH income £199k
• HEATHROW SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS & DANCE LTD income £1.6m
• BLACKPOOL FC COMMUNITY TRUST income £3.3m
• ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD HOSPITALS CHARITY income £10.3m
• SURREY COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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