COMMUNITY INTEREST LUTON

Registered charity 1173433 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community Interest Luton provides various projects throughout Luton, Bedfordshire. Providing support towards employment, better health, taking people out of poverty. We have a the Luton Employabilty Training and Skills Hub/Fairs supporting those seeking a job, Curry Kitchen supporting the homeless, Community mens gym and a womens gym, improving their health, taking them out of social isolation.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£194k
Latest spending
£155k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £39,169 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted reserves increasing to £143,756. The trustees confirm that the organization is operating on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Funding is primarily derived from charitable grants and donations, with no political or charitable donations made by the charity during the period.

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 — Community Interest Luton (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).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Luton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£194k£155k
30/06/2024£160k£125k
30/06/2023£171k£186k
30/06/2022£124k£122k
30/06/2021£194k£187k

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY INTEREST LUTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £39,169 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted reserves increasing to £143,756. The trustees confirm that the organization is operating on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Funding is primarily derived from charitable grants and donations, with no political or charitable donations made by the charity during the period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds COMMUNITY INTEREST LUTON?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITY INTEREST LUTON as a grant recipient include THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY, The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITYFY2025£50kTowards refurbishment of their new building
The Connolly Foundation (UK) LimitedFY2025£30kYoung people/Community

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England21/10/2025£10kMen's Community Wellbeing Hub
Postcode Lottery29/07/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
Sport England11/07/2024£10kMens Community Wellbeing Hub
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation09/02/2022£25kLuton Employability Training Skills Hub
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/08/2021£64k"London Luton Airport: Back to the Beginning"
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation02/03/2021£15kGrant to Community Interest Luton
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation30/11/2020£5kGrant to Community Interest Luton
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/06/2020£32k"COVID19: Community Interest Luton"
Sport England15/06/2020£1kCOVID-19 CEF
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation11/06/2020£7kGrant to Community Interest Luton
The National Lottery Community Fund29/05/2020£8kFood parcels for disadvantaged families
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation17/04/2020£8kGrant to Community Interest Luton
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation18/02/2020£8kGrant to Community Interest Luton
The National Lottery Community Fund24/01/2020£10kCommunity Wellbeing Project
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation07/02/2019£9kGrant to Community Interest Luton
The National Lottery Community Fund06/02/2019£10kLuton Employability Training Skills Fair
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation12/12/2018£10kGrant to Community Interest Luton
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/09/2018£43k"Car Industrial Changes: 60's & Now"
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation07/12/2017£10kFresh Start Mens Project
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation07/12/2017£5kLETS Hub Project Co-ordinator
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation19/09/2017£5kApprenticeship Fair

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 LUTON TOWN FC COMMUNITY TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COMMUNITY INTEREST LUTON£194k—0unclear—no doubt
LUTON TOWN FC COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£999k£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
LUTON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£726k—0above—no doubt
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£5.3mOver £60,0001unclear5.3%no doubt
BUSHMEAD COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£168k—0unclear—no doubt
AGE CONCERN, LUTON FY2025£740k—0above—no doubt

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