ELMDON HEATH COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 510425 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ELMDON HEATH AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

To secure and manage a community centre for the Elmdon Heath & district inhabitants. For use of voluntary organisations, for use as education, social welfare, recreation and leisure activities. Also voting.

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE BENEFICIAL AREA, 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. (B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CONSTITUTION)

Area of benefit: ELMDON HEATH 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 · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Solihull, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£27k

Latest spending

£23k

Registered

1980

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £57,161 at the end of the financial year, representing a surplus for the period. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no liabilities reported in the statement of assets and liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months’ operating cost of the centre (held: £57k)

“Our reserves policy is to hold sufficient funds for planned and unplanned building repairs and maintenance. Additionally, we aim to hold funds to cover six months’ operating cost of the centre.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

Neil Franklin
Swifton Databases Ltd

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Solihull

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£27k	£23k
31/12/2024	£26k	£22k
31/12/2023	£26k	£22k
31/12/2022	£23k	£41k
31/12/2021	£9k	£12k

Common questions

Is ELMDON HEATH COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £57,161 at the end of the financial year, representing a surplus for the period. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no liabilities reported in the statement of assets and liabilities. 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	20/10/2008	£8k	Energy Onservation - Phase 1 - Wall Insulation

Charities like this

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

ELMSTEAD COMMUNITY CENTRE income £27k
OLD HEATH COMMUNITY CENTRE income £26k
ST MARY'S ELTHAM COMMUNITY CENTRES ASSOCIATION income £301k
CHADWELL HEATH COMMUNITY CENTRE income £70k
PENYBONT AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE income £32k
TIDDINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE income £31k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ELMDON HEATH COMMUNITY CENTRE	£27k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ELMSTEAD COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£27k	—	above	—	no doubt
OLD HEATH COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£26k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S ELTHAM COMMUNITY CENTRES ASSOCIATION FY2025	£301k	—	above	—	no doubt
CHADWELL HEATH COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£70k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PENYBONT AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£32k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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