ABBOTSHALL HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CENTRE

Registered charity 1186704 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a small community centre based in the heart of Catford. Our aim is to provide the community a safe and welcoming place where people can participate in healthy activities such as sports, gardening and eating homemade healthy food. We have a beautiful volunteer lead community garden where we grow our own produce for people to enjoy our homecooked food.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTH CATFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the financial year with net assets of £13,934, recovering from liabilities of £9,619 in the previous year. The trustees report that despite previous difficulties, the finances are stable and the charity continues to have two managed loans. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and employs nine staff.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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 policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 11689521

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.

• DANG, Vu Cong — director, appointed 16/07/2025not on trustee list
• AYRE, Daisy Grace — director, appointed 15/05/2024on trustee list
• IRVINE, Robert Alastair — director, appointed 15/02/2024on trustee list
• ATKINS-BIBOW, Catherine Serena Emily — director, appointed 23/12/2023not on trustee list
• DIXON, Lauren Michelle — director, appointed 23/12/2023on trustee list
• HALLAM, Laura Christine — secretary, appointed 23/10/2024

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Serena Emily Atkins Bibow
• Christian Bibow
• Daisy Grace Ayre
• Lauren Dixon
• Robert Alastair Irvine

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

Operates in: Lewisham

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ABBEY COMMUNITY CENTRE.

• ABBEY COMMUNITY CENTRE income £490k
• ABBOTSWOOD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £106k
• ABBEY PHYSIC COMMUNITY GARDEN income £240k
• STOCKWELL PARK ESTATE COMMUNITY TRUST LTD income £363k
• SHERWOOD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO income £113k
• COTTENHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE income £329k

Side by side with its peers

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