RYHOPE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 506572 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Ryhope Community Association aims to work with members of the local community to identify need, subsequently plans and delivers a broad range of social, leisure and educational opportunities that address the identified needs and promote community cohesion thereby enhancing the quality of life for local residents.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH OF SUNDERLAND 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 INTEREST 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: BOROUGH OF SUNDERLAND

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sunderland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£153k

Latest spending

£144k

Registered

1977

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £9,305 for the year, resulting in total funds carried forward of £162,894. The trustees confirmed that unrestricted funds were transferred to the reserves fund and expressed confidence in continuing activities despite a significant drop in funding. The independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unrestricted funds, not committed or invested in fixed assets, held by the charity should be transferred to the reserves fund (reserves figure: £122k)

“The trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds, not committed or invested in fixed assets, held by the charity should be transferred to the reserves fund.” — page 5

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
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

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 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £27,361 — grants £27,361 (1); 18% of the £153,105 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 8

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 8
Government income: £28,756 — grants £28,756 (6); 33% of the £87,446 total gross income on the same return

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/11/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Robert Surtees · trustee of 1 other charity
Steven Rylance · trustee of 1 other charity
ian lawrence
joe Lemon · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£153k	£144k
31/03/2024	£110k	£112k
31/03/2023	£87k	£83k
31/03/2022	£83k	£73k
31/03/2021	£89k	£57k

Common questions

Is RYHOPE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £9,305 for the year, resulting in total funds carried forward of £162,894. The trustees confirmed that unrestricted funds were transferred to the reserves fund and expressed confidence in continuing activities despite a significant drop in funding. The independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention. 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	16/08/2023	£145k	Resilient Ryhope
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/12/2007	£9k	ABC Creche

Charities like this

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

RIDGEWOOD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £240k
LINTHORPE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £28k
RHYL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £104k
SIDLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £218k
HYTHE AND DIBDEN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £36k
SOUTH RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £73k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RYHOPE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION	£153k	—	above	—	no doubt
RIDGEWOOD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£240k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LINTHORPE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£28k	—	within	—	no doubt
RHYL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£104k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SIDLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£218k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HYTHE AND DIBDEN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£36k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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