SHIRLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 229066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activities of the Association are to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants of Shirley and to maintain and manage a Community Centre where those activities can take place.

Objects

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION TO FURTHER HEALTH, ADVANCE EDUCATION, PROVIDE MEETING PLACES AND FACILITIES FOR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAINING AND RECREATION AND DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: SHIRLEY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

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Registered contact address: Solihull, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£200k

Latest spending

£210k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £10,283 for the year ended 30 September 2025, compared to a deficit of £6,308 in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £54,397 and has a stated policy to hold reserves as a safeguard against unexpected large expenses, though no specific monetary target is defined.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: funding of future high cost projects and as a safeguard against unexpected large expenses (reserves figure: £54k)

“The Association continues with a reserve policy recommended by the Finance Committee, and approved by the Executive Committee, for funding of future high cost projects and as a safeguard against unexpected large expenses.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Husband of a trustee employed as caretaker

“The husband of a trustee is employed as a caretaker of the charity. Procedures are in place to ensure that trustees of the charity are not involved in any discussion or decision making with regard to related party transactions.” — page 21

“During the year trustees were reimbursed for expenditure they made on behalf of the Association as follows: · J Thomas £32 for office expenses” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Reimbursement to J Thomas

“The husband of a trustee is employed as a caretaker of the charity. Procedures are in place to ensure that trustees of the charity are not involved in any discussion or decision making with regard to related party transactions.” — page 21

“During the year trustees were reimbursed for expenditure they made on behalf of the Association as follows: · J Thomas £32 for office expenses” — page 21

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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 30/09/2023

Volunteers: 7

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Richard Graham Saunderschair
Alan Trevor Bailey
Carolyn Bausor
Christopher Harry Moss
David Norman Oliver
GORDON BRAGG · trustee of 1 other charity
Grace Georgia Allen
JILL TOWNSEND
Jaishree Thomas
Jeanne Moss
Matthew Stait
Patricia Susan Causon
ROGER HANDY
Rebecca Puzzo

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

Operates in: Solihull

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£200k	£210k
30/09/2024	£108k	£114k
30/09/2023	£147k	£203k
30/09/2022	£144k	£127k
30/09/2021	£71k	£81k

Common questions

Is SHIRLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £10,283 for the year ended 30 September 2025, compared to a deficit of £6,308 in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £54,397 and has a stated policy to hold reserves as a safeguard against unexpected large expenses, though no specific monetary target is defined. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SHIRLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SHIRLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST	FY2023	£154k	null

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/02/2020	£10k	The Shirley Centre

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE EARLEY CHARITY	1	£451k
THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£82k
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION	1	£10k
Moto Foundation	1	£750

Charities like this

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

BIERLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LTD income £210k
Crawley Community Action income £406k
CHICKENLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE income £137k
SIDLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £218k
SHERFIELD PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £170k
BRIGHTLINGSEA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £259k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SHIRLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION	£200k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BIERLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LTD FY2025	£210k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Crawley Community Action FY2026	£406k	—	above	—	no doubt
CHICKENLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£137k	—	above	—	no doubt
SIDLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£218k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHERFIELD PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£170k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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