NEWBRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 281874 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEWBRIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

The provision and maintenance of a community centre for the use of the inhabitants of Newbridge and the neighbourhood thereof without distinction of political, religious or other opinions, including use for meetings, lectures and classes and other forms of recreation and leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF NEWBRIDGE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: NEWBRIDGE

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 · Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Isle of Wight, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£31k

Latest spending

£39k

Registered

1981

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £38,156 carried forward at the end of the year, with total assets retained for the charity's own use (including buildings valued at £74,692 and fixtures) significantly exceeding liabilities. The trustees consider the reserves held reasonable as a contingency for future repairs, and the independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: contingency for future repairs and improvements (reserves figure: £38k)

“The trustees consider the reserves held reasonable and these are maintained as a contingency for future repairs and improvements that may be required to the community centre.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Complaints handling
Volunteer management

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 31/10/2024

Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2021

Government income: £16,573 — grants £16,573 (3); 98% of the £16,877 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

TREVOR DAVID WHILLIERchair
Christopher John Withey
Cynthia Jean Ince
Helena Hewston
KAYLEIGH MARIE WHILLIER
KEVIN PAUL WHILLIER
Laura Ince
MALCOLM RONALD BRETT
SANDRA BRETT
SHERYL ELLEN WHILLIER

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£31k	£39k
31/10/2024	£13k	£13k
31/10/2023	£5k	£8k
31/10/2022	£10k	£8k
31/10/2021	£17k	£4k

Common questions

Is NEWBRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £38,156 carried forward at the end of the year, with total assets retained for the charity's own use (including buildings valued at £74,692 and fixtures) significantly exceeding liabilities. The trustees consider the reserves held reasonable as a contingency for future repairs, and the independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention. 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
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/07/2025	£17k	Renewal of Community Centre main roof.

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
WELSH CHURCH ACT FUND WITHIN THE AREAS OF RHONDDA CYNON TAFF, BRIDGEND AND MERTHYR TYDFIL COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCILS	1	£10k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEIGHBOURHOOD RESOURCE CENTRE.

NEIGHBOURHOOD RESOURCE CENTRE income £129k
HURSTBOURNE TARRANT COMMUNITY CENTRE income £31k
YORKSHIRE MAIN COMMUNITY CENTRE income £27k
BRYNNA COMMUNITY CENTRE income £67k
AYLESFORD COMMUNITY CENTRE income £71k
THE ALDINGBOURNE COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE income £62k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NEWBRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE	£31k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NEIGHBOURHOOD RESOURCE CENTRE FY2025	£129k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HURSTBOURNE TARRANT COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£31k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YORKSHIRE MAIN COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£27k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRYNNA COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£67k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AYLESFORD COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£71k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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