CAPEL COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1209154 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Manages and maintains Village hall Complex, Playing Field and childrens play areas at the community centre and playing field.

Objects

TO PROVIDE A RECREATION GROUND AND COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISHES OF CAPEL ST MARY AND LITTLE WENHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETING , LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS

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 · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Get email alerts

Latest income
£222k
Latest spending
£195k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated total receipts of £222,112 against total payments of £195,256, resulting in a net surplus of £26,855 for the period. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £110,007 at the end of the period, with total net assets of £101,269 after accounting for liabilities. The document does not disclose a reserves policy target or any material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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

Discloses 2 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£222k£195k

Common questions

Is CAPEL COMMUNITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated total receipts of £222,112 against total payments of £195,256, resulting in a net surplus of £26,855 for the period. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £110,007 at the end of the period, with total net assets of £101,269 after accounting for liabilities. The document does not disclose a reserves policy target or any material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/08/2025£12kAccessible Main Entrance and Inner Foyer Doors
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2015£10kCapel St Mary Village Hall Main Hall and Stage Roof Project

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
LOCAL TRUST1£1.1m
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION1£68k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CAPEL COMMUNITY TRUST£222k—0unclear—no doubt
CAPEL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£166k—0unclear—no doubt
HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED FY2025£421k—0below—noted
SESSAY COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£109k—0above—no doubt
DEBENHAM VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELD TRUST FY2025£753k—0unclear—no doubt
CHARITY FOR RELIGIOUS AND OTHER PURPOSES FY2024£29k—0unclear—no doubt

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