HARRATON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 520808 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide a large hall and several multi-purpose rooms as a meeting place for community groups/activities.

Objects

A COMMUNITY CENTRE

Area of benefit: THE PARISH OF HARRATON AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

Causes: Recreation · Get email alerts

Latest income
£68k
Latest spending
£64k
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £4,500 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £196,534. The trustees report that unrestricted income increased by 40% and that the charity maintains a prudent financial position with a designated contingency fund of £20,000. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified in the filing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £177k; policy: between 6 and 9 months of the resources expended)
“At present the sum of £20,000 is set aside in a designated contingency fund”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Sunderland City Council is the Sole Controlling Trustee.
“Sole Controlling Trustee: Sunderland City Council”
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£68k£64k
31/03/2024£79k£82k
31/03/2023£59k£55k
31/03/2022£58k£64k
31/03/2021£2k£8k

Common questions

Is HARRATON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £4,500 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £196,534. The trustees report that unrestricted income increased by 40% and that the charity maintains a prudent financial position with a designated contingency fund of £20,000. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified in the filing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.