CHELLS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 302349 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TIMEBRIDGE

The community centre runs a pre-school, a lunch club for the elderly, and a coffee bar is open during the day serving meals, drinks and snacks. The centre hires out a function room for the use of local clubs and organisations, and to the local family centre. The centre is a source of general information and advice.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Latest income
£316k
Latest spending
£302k
Registered
1969
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £85,240 to £70,154, resulting in a net movement in funds of £14,177 against total expenditure of £302,000. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. Total net assets stood at £104,868, comprising £70,154 in unrestricted funds and £34,714 in restricted funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: hold current unrestricted funds until their use in the Association objectives (held: £70k)
The policy is to hold current unrestricted funds until their use in the Association objectives. — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£316k£302k
31/03/2024£297k£268k
31/03/2023£257k£246k
31/03/2022£244k£254k
31/03/2021£249k£225k

Common questions

Is CHELLS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £85,240 to £70,154, resulting in a net movement in funds of £14,177 against total expenditure of £302,000. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. Total net assets stood at £104,868, comprising £70,154 in unrestricted funds and £34,714 in restricted funds. 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 Fund25/10/2018£10kGarden Renovation project
The National Lottery Community Fund14/09/2005£4kOffice furniture, refurbishment and fun 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST1£48k
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LINWOOD COMMUNITY CO-OPERATIVE LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHELLS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£316k0unclearno doubt
LINWOOD COMMUNITY CO-OPERATIVE LTD FY2025£243k0abovenoted
CENTRE4 LIMITED FY2025£3.5m£70,001 - £80,0001belowno doubt
CHOPWELL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£196k0unclearno doubt
STOCKWELL PARK ESTATE COMMUNITY TRUST LTD FY2025£363k0aboveno doubt
SCAITCLIFFE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£108k0unclearno doubt

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