PARKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 303184 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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 inhabitants of the local neighbourhood.

Objects

(A) PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF REDBRIDGE AND ADJOINING AREA OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM BOUNDED BY UPNEY LANE, PORTERS AVENUE AND VALENCE AVENUE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT 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) ESTABLISH AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE PARKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE (IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS. (C) PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Area of benefit: L B OF REDBRIDGE AND ADJOINING AREA OF L B OF BARKING & DAGENHAM BOUNDED BY UPNEY LANE, PORTERS AVENUE & VALENCE AVENUE

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

£170k

Latest spending

£154k

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated income of £169,957 and expended £153,755, resulting in a net incoming resource of £16,202. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £158,024, which exceeds its stated policy target of holding no less than fifty percent of annual 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: no less than fifty percent of the Association's annual running costs (held: £158k)

“The committee consider that there should be a reserve policy that provides for no less than fifty percent of the Association's annual running costs to be held in usable reserves at any one time.” — page 4

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

ADELE KAPLANchair
Elizabeth Brewer
Margaret Ann Jamison

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

Operates in: Essex · Redbridge

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£170k	£154k
31/03/2024	£156k	£134k
31/03/2023	£176k	£145k
31/12/2021	£165k	£96k
31/12/2020	£168k	£202k

Common questions

Is PARKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated income of £169,957 and expended £153,755, resulting in a net incoming resource of £16,202. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £158,024, which exceeds its stated policy target of holding no less than fifty percent of annual 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).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/04/2025	£19k	Parkside Community Kitchen and Lounge

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
BLUESPARK FOUNDATION	1	—
THE NISBET TRUST	1	£400k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£65k
THE POPLE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£6k
THE NORTH WALES POLICE AND COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£150

Charities like this

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

THE PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED income £1.3m
MILTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUNDS income £136k
PARK VIEW 4U income £180k
DEESIDE COMMUNITY TRUST income £599k
FERRYSIDE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE GROUP income £105k
SHERFIELD PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £170k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PARKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE	£170k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025	£1.3m	Under £60,000	below	—	no doubt
MILTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUNDS FY2025	£136k	—	above	—	no doubt
PARK VIEW 4U FY2025	£180k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DEESIDE COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025	£599k	—	above	—	no doubt
FERRYSIDE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE GROUP FY2024	£105k	—	above	—	no doubt

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