PENSHAW COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 520867 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide a venue for educational, social and recreational activities e.g. parent and toddlers, Taekwondo, Slimming World, carpet bowls, W.I.,, bingo afternoon, lunch club, fencing and exercise sessions . We also have regular themed social evenings and seasonal fairs.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF PENSHAW AND NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS 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. (B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE. (C) PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Area of benefit: PENSHAW

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 · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£20k
Latest spending
£26k
Registered
1966

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Policies the charity declares

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £8,500 — grants £8,500 (1); 43% of the £19,681 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 15

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

  • Volunteers: 12
  • Government income: £8,952 — grants £8,952 (1); 39% of the £23,068 total gross income on the same return

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

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£20k£26k
31/03/2024£12k£15k
31/03/2023£23k£21k
31/03/2022£16k£14k
31/03/2021£17k£16k

Common questions

Who funds PENSHAW COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PENSHAW COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE JOICEY TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOICEY TRUSTFY2026£500

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund01/05/2026£20kPenshaw People
The National Lottery Community Fund06/09/2012£9kPenshaw Community Garden
The National Lottery Community Fund07/07/2011£5kLighting Energy Conservation
The National Lottery Community Fund10/05/2005£25kModernisation of toilets