THE CENTRAL SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 305982 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To improve the conditions of boys and girls under the age of 21 and of all other persons by reason of their poverty would otherwise be unable to obtain facilities for recreational or other leisure time occupations.To provide equipment or facilities for recreational, sporting or other leisure time activitiesfor such people.

Objects

TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION FOR BOYS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS AND OTHER PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED OF SUCH PROVISION, SUCH FACILITIES BEING PROVIDED WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO PROVIDE EQUIP AND MAINTAIN GYMNASIUMS OR BUILDINGS TO BE USED FOR RECREATIONAL OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS IN LONDON OR OTHER TOWNS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £32,747 for the year ended 31 March 2026, driven by a significant investment gain of £78,473 which offset a deficit on charitable activities. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,234,368, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain the charity's long-term operations and grant-giving capacity. The charity is confirmed to be a going concern with no material uncertainties identified regarding its financial stability.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• WILLIAM HENRY ROBINSONchair
• DARREN CHAPPLE
• KEITH ALEXANDER WALTERS
• Luigi Leo

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CONISTON SPORTS AND SOCIAL CENTRE.

• CONISTON SPORTS AND SOCIAL CENTRE income £196k
• FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE income £1.5m
• SEFTON CHILDRENS TRUST income £71k
• THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST income £9.7m
• SILVER LEYS TRUST income £39k
• CENTRAL HARDSHIP AND RELIEF TRUST income £2.9m

Side by side with its peers

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