CHESTER-LE-STREET COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 520753 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Educational and recreational.

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Latest income

£110k

Latest spending

£110k

Registered

1969

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity produced a surplus of £572 for the year ended 30 September 2025, marking its first year producing accounts on an accruals basis. Free reserves are reported at £86,036, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet the Association's needs. The financial statement notes that while utility costs have decreased, the trend is upward, and wages increased by 7.4%.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Room hire

“Room hire charges again showed healthy growth of 10.4% on the previous year. This was a result of a mix of increased charges from April 2025 and a higher level of activity.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Gary Saunders
Jean Martin
Paula Louise Windram
Robert Graham

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£110k	£110k
30/09/2024	£95k	£96k
30/09/2023	£81k	£83k
30/09/2022	£103k	£102k
31/03/2021	£75k	£59k

Common questions

Is CHESTER-LE-STREET COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity produced a surplus of £572 for the year ended 30 September 2025, marking its first year producing accounts on an accruals basis. Free reserves are reported at £86,036, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet the Association's needs. The financial statement notes that while utility costs have decreased, the trend is upward, and wages increased by 7.4%. Its FY2025 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
Point North Community Foundation	1	£155k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£40k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REDEEMER CHURCH CHESTER LE STREET.

REDEEMER CHURCH CHESTER LE STREET income £151k
COLCHESTER UNITED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.4m
WHITELEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £103k
THE STREETLY ASSOCIATION income £403k
CLEETHORPES COMMUNITY SPORTS AND EDUCATION income £3.0m
CHESTER AID TO THE HOMELESS income £425k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHESTER-LE-STREET COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION	£110k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
REDEEMER CHURCH CHESTER LE STREET FY2024	£151k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COLCHESTER UNITED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2024	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WHITELEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£103k	—	unclear	—	noted
THE STREETLY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£403k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CLEETHORPES COMMUNITY SPORTS AND EDUCATION FY2025	£3.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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