THE ARDLEIGH HOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 303067 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARDLEIGH HOUSE

THE ASSOCIATION RUNS ARDLEIGH HOUSE. IT IS AVAILABLE FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS & THE SURROUNDING AREAS FOR RECREATION & LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES. THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE TABLE TENNIS, SHORT MAT BOWLS, YOGA, POTTERY, BALLROOM DANCING, LANGUAGES, AMATEUR DRAMATICS, BIRTHDAY & ANNIVERSARY PARTIES, WEDDING RECEPTIONS ETC. OTHER ORGANISATIONS USE THE VENUE FOR THEIR REGULAR MEETINGS.

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF HORNCHURCH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. B) THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: HORNCHURCH AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£217k
Latest spending
£196k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net incoming resource of £21,376 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £155,742. The trustees report that the charity has complied with the Charities Act 2006 and prepared the statements on a going concern basis. The reserves policy requires holding no less than fifty percent of running costs in usable reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: fifty percent of the Association's running costs (held: £156k)
“provides for no less than fifty percent of the Association's running costs to be held in usable reserves at any one time.”
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Havering

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£217k£196k
31/08/2024£207k£194k
31/08/2023£214k£189k
31/08/2022£173k£146k
31/08/2021£101k£102k

Common questions

Is THE ARDLEIGH HOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net incoming resource of £21,376 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £155,742. The trustees report that the charity has complied with the Charities Act 2006 and prepared the statements on a going concern basis. The reserves policy requires holding no less than fifty percent of running costs in usable reserves. 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 Fund09/05/2024£10kArdleigh House Community Refurbishment 2024
Sport England18/05/2022£3kJubilee Fund - Short Mat Bowls Club
The National Lottery Community Fund30/11/2020£10kAHCA Emergency Boiler Replacement
The National Lottery Community Fund11/01/2019£10kComputer equipment upgrade
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2012£5kComputer Room Upgrade to Windows 8 & Office 2012
City Bridge Foundation05/11/2009£5kGrant to Ardleigh House Community Association

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ARDLEIGH GREEN FAMILY CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ARDLEIGH HOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£217k—0unclear—no doubt
ARDLEIGH GREEN FAMILY CENTRE FY2025£110k—0above—no doubt
PARKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£170k—0above—no doubt
BEDFORD HOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£295k—0unclear—no doubt
LEIGH MINERS WELFARE INSTITUTE FY2024£151k—0unclear—no doubt
ADWICK PARK COMMUNITY AND SPORTS ACADEMIES CIO FY2025£129k—0above—no doubt

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