RUBERY COMMUNITY AND LEISURE CENTRE LTD

Registered charity 517257 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RUBERY COMMUNITY AND LEISURE CENTRE LTD, THE RUBERY LEISURE CENTRE PROJECT LIMITED

To provide recreational, sporting and educational facilities at an affordable cost to the local community.

Objects

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. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).

Area of benefit: RUBERY AND THE 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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£29k
Latest spending
£24k
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state the charity generated a surplus of £4,621 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £60,053. The trustees report that these free reserves are sufficient to cover approximately 28 months of expenditure, well above their stated policy target of 12 months. The charity acknowledges the need to seek new funding sources to guard against future reductions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Hire of facilities 23,805” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 12 months of expenditure (held: £60k)
“unrestricted funds not committed or representing tangible fixed assets (free reserves) held by the charity should be not less than 12 months of expenditure.” — 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.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Solihull · Throughout London · Walsall · Warwickshire · Wolverhampton · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£29k£24k
31/03/2024£31k£24k
31/03/2023£37k£27k
31/03/2022£46k£23k
31/03/2021£33k£22k

Common questions

Is RUBERY COMMUNITY AND LEISURE CENTRE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state the charity generated a surplus of £4,621 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £60,053. The trustees report that these free reserves are sufficient to cover approximately 28 months of expenditure, well above their stated policy target of 12 months. The charity acknowledges the need to seek new funding sources to guard against future reductions. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/03/2022£8kThe Queens Platinum Jubilee Community Celebration
The National Lottery Community Fund14/05/2018£10kNew hall floor
The National Lottery Community Fund03/09/2014£10kHall Windows and Doors Upgrades
Sport England28/02/2011£1kCHILDRENS TENNIS COACHING
The National Lottery Community Fund11/05/2006£4kNew Building Survey