COMMUNITIES UNITE (NOTTINGHAM)

Registered charity 1199154 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMMUNITIES UNITE

Our charity offers a range of activities to support young people in disadvantaged areas with barriers that are stopping them from progression. We offer a mixture of sports from football, basketball and multi sports as well as youth provisions to target teens aged 11-17 in high risk areas. As well as this we offer holiday clubs and one to one support helping improve the wellbeing of young people.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF COMMUNITIES UNITE (NOTTINGHAM) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN NOTTINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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

Causes: Disability · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Nottingham, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£35k
Latest spending
£35k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a net movement in funds of negative £138.75, resulting in a carried forward balance of £806.29. The trustees confirm that the accounts represent a true and fair view of the charity's financial position.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of running costs (reserves figure: £806)
“Reserves Policy: The charity aims to maintain reserves sufficient to cover 3 months of running costs.” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Government income: £18,804 — contracts £18,804 (3); 54% of the £34,974 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Government income: £76,737 — contracts £76,737 (9); 89% of the £85,857 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £46,600 — contracts £43,100 (5), grants £3,500 (2); 100% of the £46,600 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 24/01/2026, 358 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 07/03/2024, 36 days after the 31/01/2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£35k£35k
31/03/2024£86k£85k
31/03/2023£47k£46k

Common questions

Is COMMUNITIES UNITE (NOTTINGHAM) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a net movement in funds of negative £138.75, resulting in a carried forward balance of £806.29. The trustees confirm that the accounts represent a true and fair view of the charity's financial position.

Who funds COMMUNITIES UNITE (NOTTINGHAM)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITIES UNITE (NOTTINGHAM) as a grant recipient include THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY, Advance Nottingham.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITYFY2025£3kDonations made during the year
Advance NottinghamFY2024£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund31/08/2023£10kCommunity Champions
The National Lottery Community Fund28/07/2023£10kMH- A United Community Summer Style
Sport England23/07/2021£5kTGC CF Ladies Multi sport
Sport England09/09/2020£9kBallers Assemble

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 DURHAM AREA YOUTH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COMMUNITIES UNITE (NOTTINGHAM)£35k—0unclear—no doubt
DURHAM AREA YOUTH FY2026£257k—0unclear—no doubt
PORTISHEAD YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£487k—0unclear—no doubt
TEENS UNITED FY2025£38k—0unclear—no doubt
NOTTS COUNTY F.C. COMMUNITY PROGRAMME FY2025£1.3m—0below—no doubt
ALVECHURCH COMMUNITIES TOGETHER FY2025£146k—0unclear—no doubt

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