COLOMBO STREET COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE

Registered charity 292623 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COLOMBO CENTRE

The Centre offers a range of affordable & accessible sports, community and leisure activities for the communities of Southwark and Lambeth; Facilities include a sports hall, gymnasium, 4 outdoor sports courts, cycling studio, therapy room. Activities provided include tennis, community football sessions for children and young people, netball, sports camps during school holidays

Causes: Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£667k
Latest spending
£588k
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £79,831 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves totaling £539,010. The trustees report that these reserves fall within the stated policy target of two to three months of operational expenditure, and cash resources are sufficient to cover eight months of operating costs. Consequently, the management committee considers there to be no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two to three months of operational expenditure (held: £133k)
The required level of general reserves is two to three months of operational expenditure.
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 (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£667k
Total spending
£588k
Cost of raising funds
£6k
Reserves (reported)
£539k
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~11.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lambeth · Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£667k£588k
31/03/2024£804k£583k
31/03/2023£508k£571k
31/03/2022£536k£508k
31/03/2021£258k£396k

Common questions

Is COLOMBO STREET COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £79,831 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves totaling £539,010. The trustees report that these reserves fall within the stated policy target of two to three months of operational expenditure, and cash resources are sufficient to cover eight months of operating costs. Consequently, the management committee considers there to be no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2022£15kGrant to Colombo Jubilee Trust
Sport England28/06/2021£54kCOVID-19 CLRF

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
LOUIS BAYLIS CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£700

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EASTBOURNE SAFFRONS SPORTS CLUB TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COLOMBO STREET COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE£667k0withinno doubt
EASTBOURNE SAFFRONS SPORTS CLUB TRUST LIMITED FY2025£229k0belowno doubt
MELTHAM SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP LIMITED FY2025£134k0aboveno doubt
NORTON SPORTS CHARITY FY2023£1.2m0unclearno doubt
ST MARY'S COLLEGE SPORTS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY FY2025£203k0unclearno doubt
CAMBRIDGE SPORTS HALL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.2m0belowno doubt

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