NEEDHAM MARKET COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 279432 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Current Classifications - Education - Disability - Arts and Culture - Sport and Recreation - Genreal Charitable Purposes.Provides for - Children/Young people - Elderly/Old People - Disabilities and Special Needs - Other Charities/Volutary Bodies - General PublicProvides - Buildings - Facilities - Sports Areas - Open Spaces

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Latest income

£83k

Latest spending

£94k

Registered

1980

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £1,912 for the year, primarily due to significant flood clearance costs. The trustees note that without existing reserves, the centre would have been forced to close while seeking alternative funding. The filing confirms that the charity maintains sufficient cash reserves to cover fixed costs and buffer against cash flow issues.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months running costs (held: £138k)

“it remains my opinion, that a building of our size should always have 12 months running costs in Reserves”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

BRIAN EDWARD ANNIS OBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
John Andrew Reardon
Louise Sabina MIlls
Stephen Andrew Phillips · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£83k	£94k
30/06/2024	£94k	£83k
30/06/2023	£68k	£62k
30/06/2022	£57k	£50k
30/06/2021	£55k	£36k

Common questions

Is NEEDHAM MARKET COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £1,912 for the year, primarily due to significant flood clearance costs. The trustees note that without existing reserves, the centre would have been forced to close while seeking alternative funding. The filing confirms that the charity maintains sufficient cash reserves to cover fixed costs and buffer against cash flow issues. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	23/05/2019	£20k	Redevelopment of Netball/Tennis Courts
UK government	23/05/2019	£20k	ALB-Sport England-Redevelopment of Netball/Tennis Courts