SANDS END ARTS & COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1191900 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity maintains and manages an arts and community centre for use by all the people living in or near Sands End, Fulham, London. It provides a meeting place, community cafe, facilities for arts, health and well being activities, leisure pursuits and a home for community events.It is run by local trustees who will ensure that everyone is welcome and that the centre is accessible to all

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Latest income

£463k

Latest spending

£442k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net surplus of £21,678 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £85,318, which is below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure, though the trustees consider current funding adequate for the medium term.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum of three months expenditure (held: £85k)

“The trustees consider it prudent to maintain an adequate level of unrestricted reserves to cover the charity’s contractual commitments and provide sufficient working capital and have set this at minimum of three months expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

Hammersmith & Fulham Council — “The award-winning building was commissioned by Hammersmith & Fulham Council and funded in its entirety by Tideway and Chelsea Football Club.” (source page)
Tideway — “The award-winning building was commissioned by Hammersmith & Fulham Council and funded in its entirety by Tideway and Chelsea Football Club.” (source page)
Chelsea Football Club — “The award-winning building was commissioned by Hammersmith & Fulham Council and funded in its entirety by Tideway and Chelsea Football Club.” (source page)
LBHF King’s Coronation Youth Fund — “Thanks to support from the LBHF King’s Coronation Youth Fund, SEACC has been delivering Faces of Fulham , an exciting film and photography …” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Timothy Paul Pragerchair
Benjamin Coleman MP
Elizabeth Jane Henderson
Jeremy David Fisher
John Geoffrey Goddard
Sabine McIntosh

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

Operates in: Hammersmith And Fulham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£463k	£442k
31/12/2023	£332k	£370k
31/12/2022	£422k	£257k
31/12/2021	£93k	£62k

Common questions

Is SANDS END ARTS & COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net surplus of £21,678 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £85,318, which is below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure, though the trustees consider current funding adequate for the medium term. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.