KENTON PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1204136 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KENTON PARK SPORTS CENTRE

Health and wellbeing

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF KENTON, FAWDON, COXLODGE AND OTHER ADJACENT PARTS OF THE NORTH AND WEST OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE AS DEFINED BY MAP BOUNDARIES ATTACHED (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION AND TO ADVANCE LEARNING AND SKILLS AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS;IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT, OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE OR CENTRES (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE" OR "THE CENTRES") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£346k
Latest spending
£305k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £41,146 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing total net assets to £223,388. Per the trustees' report, while finances are relatively stable, the charity has not yet built unrestricted reserves to its preferred level of six months of expenditure. The charity relies on charitable activities and grants for income, with no investment income reported.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £44k; policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure)
“we have not yet built reserves to the preferred level of six months of unrestricted expenditure”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£346k£305k
31/03/2024£232k£254k

Common questions

Is KENTON PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £41,146 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing total net assets to £223,388. Per the trustees' report, while finances are relatively stable, the charity has not yet built unrestricted reserves to its preferred level of six months of expenditure. The charity relies on charitable activities and grants for income, with no investment income reported. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England05/05/2020£5kCOVID-19 CEF
Community Foundation North East07/02/2019£3kKenton Junior Youth Club
The National Lottery Community Fund06/12/2018£10kFit for purpose
Community Foundation North East28/06/2018£3kKenton Junior Youth Club
Community Foundation North East28/02/2018£3kKenton Junior Youth Club
Community Foundation North East03/03/2017£2kTowards Junior Youth Club
The National Lottery Community Fund22/02/2017£8kGovernance and Capability Review
Community Foundation North East09/02/2017£3kTowards Junior Youth Club
Community Foundation North East16/06/2016£2kTowards Junior Youth Club
Sport England21/04/2015£8kWknd wind up

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KENT RELIANCE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KENTON PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£346k—0below—no doubt
KENT RELIANCE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2024£339k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, KENTON FY2025£165k—0unclear—no doubt
CANTIACORUM FOUNDATION FY2025£155k—0unclear—no doubt
WELLBEING AT GARON PARK FY2024£196k—0unclear—no doubt
KENTISH TOWN CITY FARM LIMITED FY2025£389k—0within—no doubt

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