PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 242475 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as P A

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Latest income
£221k
Latest spending
£249k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net deficit of £28,821 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the total unrestricted reserves stood at £378,063, which is significantly above the stated policy target of approximately £105,000. The trustees noted that their accountants advised spending more as current reserves are considered too high.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 278156.0% of fundraised income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 2.9%)
The Association has a major maintenance fund and a general fund. The level of the general fund has been set at six months' costs, which at the current level of expenditure is about £105,000, general reserves amounted to £278,156 at 31 March 2025. — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months' costs, which at the current level of expenditure is about £105,000 (held: £378k)
The level of the general fund has been set at six months' costs, which at the current level of expenditure is about £105,000 — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titlesin England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Camden · Haringey · Islington

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£221k£249k
31/03/2024£226k£220k
31/03/2023£193k£196k
31/03/2022£156k£214k
31/03/2021£152k£156k

Common questions

Is PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net deficit of £28,821 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the total unrestricted reserves stood at £378,063, which is significantly above the stated policy target of approximately £105,000. The trustees noted that their accountants advised spending more as current reserves are considered too high. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund12/03/2021£9kBuilding Communities

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Notting Hill and Harlesden Methodist Circuit.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATION LIMITED£221k0above278156.0%no doubt
Notting Hill and Harlesden Methodist Circuit FY2025£200k0unclearno doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WALCOT, BATH FY2023£260k0unclear0.0%no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (USA) FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£7.6m0unclearno doubt
LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL STUDENT ASSOCIATION FY2025£2.5m0withinno doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BATH ST. BARTHOLOMEW FY2024£428k0unclearno doubt

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