HIGHGATE NEWTOWN COMMUNITY PARTNERS
We work with all ages: provide facilities for sports & wellbeing, opportunities for arts & crafts sessions,activities for children, young people & community support. Core projects: community lunch club, free exercise & pottery for over 60s, dementia cafe, crisis food parcels, free activities for under 5s, community events, art programmes for all ages, after school activities including woodwork
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £25,968 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by significant grant income designated for the fit-out of a new Community Centre. The trustees note that adjusting for these capital items, the charity's continuing operations ran at approximately breakeven. The charity holds total net assets of £534,468, with unrestricted funds of £428,576, and expects to retain around £125,000 of its own funds to cover orderly closure costs if future funding is not secured.
What the accounts disclose
“At present however the charity expects to retain around £125,000 of its own funds against this eventuality”
Property (HM Land Registry)
Trustees
- ROBERT GEORGE SEYMOUR AITKENchair
- Baiju Chandrakant Naik
- Father Damien D R Mason
- Geoffrey Pyle
- Olutomi Ayodeji
- Pauline Treen
- Phillip J Whale
- Robert Leonard Schon
- Roy Hill
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2024 | £474k | £448k |
| 31/12/2023 | £425k | £346k |
| 31/12/2022 | £350k | £259k |
| 31/03/2022 | £411k | £440k |
| 31/03/2021 | £447k | £425k |
Common questions
Is HIGHGATE NEWTOWN COMMUNITY PARTNERS financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £25,968 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by significant grant income designated for the fit-out of a new Community Centre. The trustees note that adjusting for these capital items, the charity's continuing operations ran at approximately breakeven. The charity holds total net assets of £534,468, with unrestricted funds of £428,576, and expects to retain around £125,000 of its own funds to cover orderly closure costs if future funding is not secured. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Glazers.
Who funds HIGHGATE NEWTOWN COMMUNITY PARTNERS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HIGHGATE NEWTOWN COMMUNITY PARTNERS as a grant recipient include CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON, JOHN LYON'S CHARITY, THE INMAN CHARITY, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY BROOKFIELD, LONDON.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON | FY2025 | £36k | Church & Communities Programme |
| CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON | FY2024 | £19k | Older People & Housing |
| CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON | FY2025 | £17k | Older People & Housing |
| CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON | FY2023 | £16k | Older People & Housing |
| JOHN LYON'S CHARITY | FY2025 | £5k | the HNCP Summer School |
| THE INMAN CHARITY | FY2024 | £4k | Social - Older People and Social Welfare |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY BROOKFIELD, LONDON | FY2021 | £4k | in connection with the well being community lunch |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 27/01/2026 | £18k | HNCP Community Kitchen |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 19/12/2024 | £243k | Supporting refugee integration into Camden and City of London communities |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 24/10/2024 | £20k | Highgate Newtown Community Kitchen |
| The Mercers' Company | 26/06/2024 | £102k | Grant to Highgate Newtown Community Partners |
| London Borough of Camden | 21/02/2024 | £3k | Grant to Highgate Newtown Community Partners |
| Camden Council | 21/02/2024 | £3k | Grant to Highgate Newtown Community Partners |
| Camden Council | 21/02/2024 | £595k | Grant to Highgate Newtown Community Partners |
| London Borough of Camden | 21/02/2024 | £595k | Grant to Highgate Newtown Community Partners |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 03/02/2023 | £10k | Helping Hand |
| The Mercers' Company | 19/05/2022 | £51k | Grant to Highgate Newtown Community Partners |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 10/09/2021 | £10k | Wellness Cafe |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 29/03/2021 | £117k | Highgate Newtown CC |
| City Bridge Foundation | 17/09/2020 | £74k | Grant to Highgate Newtown Community Partners |
| The Mercers' Company | 23/03/2020 | £5k | Covid-19 Rapid Response Fund Grant |
| The Mercers' Company | 30/04/2019 | £50k | Grant to Highgate Newtown Community Partners |
| City Bridge Foundation | 15/06/2017 | £68k | Grant to Highgate Newtown Community Partners |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 13/01/2016 | £10k | Free4All Play&Learn |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 03/01/2013 | £8k | Community Canteen |
| City Bridge Foundation | 08/09/2011 | £0 | Grant to Highgate Newtown Community Partners |
| City Bridge Foundation | 05/11/2009 | £30k | Grant to Highgate Newtown Community Partners |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 21/03/2005 | £5k | Fresh 25 Plus |