ARBURY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 300370 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Arbury Community Association operates the Arbury Community Centre which provides accommodation, activity spaces, refreshments and other facilities to voluntary organisations, family groups and some businesses.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CHESTERTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR RACE OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORD TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.(B) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE.

Area of benefit: CHESTERTON AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income

£115k

Latest spending

£131k

Registered

1970

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year, with expenditure of £130,755 exceeding income of £114,548. This reduced overall reserves to £54,630, of which £28,520 is held back for potential winding up. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: hire charges for the use of the premises

“The majority of the Associa on’s income came from hire charges for the use of the premises.”

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr ANTHONY GEORGE MALES · trustee of 1 other charity
Kimberley Rayson
Linda Squires
Linda Wilkin

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£115k	£131k
31/03/2024	£101k	£136k
31/03/2023	£92k	£100k
31/03/2022	£147k	£89k
31/03/2021	£87k	£84k

Common questions

Is ARBURY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year, with expenditure of £130,755 exceeding income of £114,548. This reduced overall reserves to £54,630, of which £28,520 is held back for potential winding up. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts. 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	27/11/2025	£19k	Food For All
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/07/2024	£19k	Lighting Up Arbury
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/04/2023	£10k	Community Kitchen
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/01/2022	£10k	Toilet Upgrade
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/11/2020	£8k	Arbury Seniors Stepping out of Covid
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/10/2019	£10k	Improving the Arbury Community Space
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/01/2017	£10k	Make the Arboretum Grow
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/06/2015	£10k	A4A - 'Jobs Worth IT'- North Cambridge Employment Mentoring Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/03/2012	£3k	Arbury 'Fit for the Future'
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/08/2005	£183	"Good Companions - Arbury Community Centre Have Been Awarded A Grant To Help Commemorate The 60th Anniversary Of The End Of Ww2. They Will Ha"
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/08/2005	£3k	Celebration to memory of VJ Day

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
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN WITH ST JOHN, WESTMINSTER	1	£650

Charities like this

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

ABBEY COMMUNITY CENTRE income £490k
ABBOTSWOOD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £106k
ABBEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £2.0m
ABERMULE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £145k
SHERWOOD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO income £113k
CATERHAM BARRACKS COMMUNITY TRUST income £722k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ARBURY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION	£115k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ABBEY COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2026	£490k	£100,001 - £110,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
ABBOTSWOOD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£106k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ABBEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£2.0m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	below	—	no doubt
ABERMULE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£145k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SHERWOOD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO FY2025	£113k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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