THE FORUM @ GREENWICH

Registered charity 294589 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRISTCHURCH FORUM LIMITED

-+ Manage buildings-+ Tenancies to voluntary organisations-+ Room hire G++-¦+--¬ Fully accessible meeting space-+ High quality catering & Training Project-+ Cleaning & maintaining public buildings-+ Conference services-+ Events management-+ Youth Services-+ Support Tenants, residents and small un-funded groups-+ Volunteering programme

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF GREENWICH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN SUCH A MANNER, BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE, AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FORMER, THE PROVISION OF A CENTRE FOR THE USE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS AND OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£461k
Latest spending
£469k
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £8,073 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,207,200 to £1,199,127. The trustees consider the current reserve fund of approximately £50,000 to be adequate against their policy target of three months' operating costs. Despite high energy and maintenance costs, the trustees confirm the charity is in a financially stable position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £50k; policy: three months operating costs)
“At present, the reserve fund is around £50,000, which the Forum Trustees consider adequate.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Greenwich

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£461k£469k
31/03/2024£447k£510k
31/03/2023£407k£460k
31/03/2022£364k£393k
31/03/2021£402k£425k

Common questions

Is THE FORUM @ GREENWICH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £8,073 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,207,200 to £1,199,127. The trustees consider the current reserve fund of approximately £50,000 to be adequate against their policy target of three months' operating costs. Despite high energy and maintenance costs, the trustees confirm the charity is in a financially stable position. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/06/2016£10kThe Forum's 5 Feel-good Clubs
The National Lottery Community Fund24/01/2007£48kA new CVS for the Borough of Greenwich
The National Lottery Community Fund02/03/2006£77kC.Y.P.S.E.G. (Children & young people's services in East Greenwich)

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NHS GREENWICH CHARITABLE FUNDS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FORUM @ GREENWICH£461k—0below—no doubt
NHS GREENWICH CHARITABLE FUNDS FY2026£134k—0unclear—no doubt
BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH FY2025£133k—0above—no doubt
SHINE@NECHELLSPOD FY2025£186k—0unclear—no doubt
EMMAUS STAFFORDSHIRE FY2025£560k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CIRENCESTER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST LTD. FY2025£182k—0unclear—no doubt

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