NORTHWOOD COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1181668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF NORTHWOOD, KIRKBY (IN THE BOROUGH OF KNOWSLEY) AND SURROUNDING AREAS, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF NORTHWOOD, KIRKBY (IN THE BOROUGH OF KNOWSLEY) AND SURROUNDING AREAS, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL 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 OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Knowsley, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£35k
Latest spending
£38k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £2,887 for the year, reducing unrestricted reserves from £4,294 to £1,408. The trustees consider the current level of reserves to be adequate for the charity's purposes. Significant external funding risks have led to the development of a strategic plan to diversify funding and activities.

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 3 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 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2024 (received 02/05/2026, 276 days after the 30/07/2025 due date); year ending 30/09/2023 (received 17/09/2024, 49 days after the 30/07/2024 due date); year ending 30/09/2021 (received 21/10/2022, 83 days after the 30/07/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Knowsley

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£35k£38k
30/09/2024£33k£32k
30/09/2023£39k£39k
30/09/2022£22k£46k
30/09/2021£51k£69k

Common questions

Is NORTHWOOD COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £2,887 for the year, reducing unrestricted reserves from £4,294 to £1,408. The trustees consider the current level of reserves to be adequate for the charity's purposes. Significant external funding risks have led to the development of a strategic plan to diversify funding and activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
The Rathbones Group Foundation1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHWAY DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTHWOOD COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION£35k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTHWAY DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£252k—0above—noted
NORTH ROMFORD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2026£216k——above—no doubt
NORTHWOOD CHAPEL FY2025£76k£16,4190below—no doubt
NORTH YARD COMMUNITY TRUST CIO FY2025£253k—0above—no doubt
NORWICH UNITY HUB FY2025£175k—0unclear—no doubt

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