PEBSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 305171 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our main aim is to provide facilities for social welfare, recreation and leisure time with the purpose to improve conditions of life for all the people of Pebsham and the surrounding area. This years initiatives include Pensioners lunch club meals, library facilities, neighbourhood watch scheme, new start up of Kidscape for children minders within area and childrens party facilities within halls.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE BENEFICIAL AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS 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) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE.

Area of benefit: PEBSHAM

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 · Amateur Sport · Animals · Recreation · Get email alerts

Latest income
£133k
Latest spending
£149k
Registered
1976
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves decreased to £13,291 at year-end, resulting in a net payment deficit of £16,600 for the period. The charity's policy is to maintain sufficient reserves to ensure the community centre can remain open, though no specific monetary target is defined. Additional funding has been secured to complete refurbishments and install solar panels, with a new CIO structure planned to take over operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Hall hire (97% of income)
“Hall lettings continued to be the main source of income for the centre and the income from this source increased by 19% from 2023.” — page 3
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to ensure the community centre can remain open to carry out its objects (held: £13k)
“It is the charity's policy to maintain sufficient reserves to ensure the community centre can remain open to carry out its objects.”
Per its FY2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£133k£149k
31/12/2023£48k£51k
31/12/2022£51k£58k
31/12/2021£62k£57k
31/12/2020£43k£15k

Common questions

Is PEBSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves decreased to £13,291 at year-end, resulting in a net payment deficit of £16,600 for the period. The charity's policy is to maintain sufficient reserves to ensure the community centre can remain open, though no specific monetary target is defined. Additional funding has been secured to complete refurbishments and install solar panels, with a new CIO structure planned to take over operations. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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 NORTHERN POWERGRID FOUNDATION1£15k
Point North Community Foundation1£13k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PEBSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£133k—0unclear—no doubt
CAPEL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£166k—0unclear—no doubt
THE KEMPSTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt
PARKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£170k—0above—no doubt
MELTHAM SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP LIMITED FY2025£134k—0above—no doubt
SHERBURN HILL HUB FY2025£145k—0unclear—no doubt

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