UMQ COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1187397 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS.RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR THE ELDERY OR ANYONE IN NEED AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF STUDENTS IN NEED, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVISION OF GRANTS FOR BOOKS, COMPUTERS OR SCHOOL UNIFORMS.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE(1) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF EAST LONDON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, 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.(2) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS AND POOR HEALTH AMONGST ELDERLY PEOPLE.(3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS IN NEED BY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PROVIDING FUNDING TO INDIVIDUALS AND MAKE GRANTS FOR BOOKS, COMPUTERS OR SCHOOL UNIFORMS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Latest income
£120k
Latest spending
£111k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £12,963 for the year ended 14 January 2025, resulting in closing unrestricted reserves of £20,397. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records, with no material matters coming to attention. The charity holds a healthy cash balance of £22,047 and has no disclosed material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
14/01/2026£120k£111k
14/01/2025£112k£99k
14/01/2024£122k£114k
14/01/2023£89k£90k
14/01/2022£78k£75k

Common questions

Is UMQ COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £12,963 for the year ended 14 January 2025, resulting in closing unrestricted reserves of £20,397. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records, with no material matters coming to attention. The charity holds a healthy cash balance of £22,047 and has no disclosed material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
UMQ COMMUNITY CENTRE£120k—0unclear—no doubt
BRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£164k—0below—no doubt
FERRYSIDE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE GROUP FY2024£105k—0above—no doubt
MELTHAM SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP LIMITED FY2025£134k—0above—no doubt
GAMESLEY COMMUNITY GROUP FY2025£152k—0above—no doubt
CASTLE HILL COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST FY2025£174k—0unclear—no doubt

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