FORESTDALE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 276477 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FRA

Provision of a Community Centre for the benefit of the people of Forestdale.

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Latest income
£335k
Latest spending
£333k
Registered
1978
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £4,366 were maintained at the end of the year, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £1,952 for the year, funded primarily by trading activities, and the trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern purposes.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three- and six-month’s expenditures (held: £4k)
unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three- and six-month’s expenditures. — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bromley · Croydon · Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£335k£333k
31/03/2024£337k£324k
31/03/2023£281k£281k
31/03/2022£237k£254k
31/03/2021£110k£164k

Common questions

Is FORESTDALE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £4,366 were maintained at the end of the year, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £1,952 for the year, funded primarily by trading activities, and the trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern purposes. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
WEST OF ENGLAND RURAL NETWORK1£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOREST COMMUNITY CENTRE (MELKSHAM).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FORESTDALE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION£335k0aboveno doubt
FOREST COMMUNITY CENTRE (MELKSHAM) FY2025£128k0unclearno doubt
AFGHAN EKTA CULTURAL/RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2024£1.4m0unclearno doubt
RENEWAL CHURCH FY2025£1.8m£70,001 - £80,0002unclearno doubt
RIDGEWOOD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£240k0unclearno doubt
SCAITCLIFFE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£108k0unclearno doubt

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