AYLESFORD COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 302674 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AYLESFORD VILLAGE COMMUNITY CENTRE

To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Aylesford Parish without distinction of sex or of political religious ethnic or other opinions by the advancement of education and the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare and in particular for use for recreation and leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF AYLESFORD PARISH WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS ETHNIC OR OTHER OPINIONS BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND IN PARTICULAR FOR USE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF AYLESFORD

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tonbridge and Malling, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£71k

Latest spending

£78k

Registered

1971

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £7,401 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds decreasing from £35,418 to £28,017. The trustees consider the financial situation stable and confirm the centre can meet its debts for the foreseeable future. Reserves are described as ample to enable all deposits to be returned and all bills met.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: ample to enable all deposits to be returned and all bills met (reserves figure: £28k)

“At present we hold reserves that are ample to enable all deposits to be returned and all bills met.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Government income: £500 — grants £500 (1); under 1% of the £78,375 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Donna Louise Henderson
Felicity Hobson
Geoffrey Dews
James Fuller
Jonathan Williams
Luke Chapman · trustee of 1 other charity
Nicola Ann Jones
Stephanie Walker
Suzanne Keree-Bartolo

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£71k	£78k
31/03/2024	£78k	£81k
31/03/2023	£72k	£74k
31/03/2022	£70k	£66k
31/03/2021	£36k	£37k

Common questions

Is AYLESFORD COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £7,401 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds decreasing from £35,418 to £28,017. The trustees consider the financial situation stable and confirm the centre can meet its debts for the foreseeable future. Reserves are described as ample to enable all deposits to be returned and all bills met. 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	12/11/2014	£7k	Renewal of Main Hall Floor

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
THE HULL AND EAST RIDING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

WILBERFOSS COMMUNITY CENTRE income £53k
PARKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £170k
BLAYDON YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE CIO income £490k
EGGLESCLIFFE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £67k
AYLESBURY MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY CENTRE income £78k
HUNGERFORD COMMUNITY CENTRE income £22k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AYLESFORD COMMUNITY CENTRE	£71k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WILBERFOSS COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£53k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PARKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£170k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BLAYDON YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE CIO FY2025	£490k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
EGGLESCLIFFE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£67k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AYLESBURY MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2026	£78k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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