THORNTON COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 521506 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

WE RAISE FUNDS TOWARD THE UPKEEP OF THE BUILDING IN VARIOUS WAYS. WE HIRE OUT OUR MAIN HALL, OTHER MAIN FORMS OF INCOME COMES FROM ANNUAL EVENTS SUCH AS A CARNIVAL.

Objects

A VILLAGE HALL

Area of benefit: THE PARISH OF THORNTON

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North West Leicestershire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£27k

Latest spending

£70k

Registered

1972

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an expenditure deficit of £43,408.25 against income of £26,801.97 for the year ended 30 April 2025. Consequently, the total unrestricted reserves decreased from £65,377.21 to £21,968.96. The filing confirms the balance sheet was audited and found correct.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 2 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.

Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2025

Government income: £6,000 — grants £6,000 (1); 22% of the £26,802 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

Government income: £9,106 — grants £9,106 (3); 33% of the £27,900 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023

Government income: £10,500 — grants £10,500 (3); 40% of the £26,157 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Delia Dawn Gearychair
Aaron McElhinney
Eric Roberts
Gillian Tapping
Harrison Grigg - Robinson
Maureen Linda Shaw
Shirley Garlick
TADEUSZ DOBROWOLSKI

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£27k	£70k
30/04/2024	£28k	£37k
30/04/2023	£26k	£44k
30/04/2022	£24k	£22k
30/04/2021	£24k	£12k

Common questions

Is THORNTON COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred an expenditure deficit of £43,408.25 against income of £26,801.97 for the year ended 30 April 2025. Consequently, the total unrestricted reserves decreased from £65,377.21 to £21,968.96. The filing confirms the balance sheet was audited and found correct. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.

Who funds THORNTON COMMUNITY CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THORNTON COMMUNITY CENTRE as a grant recipient include BRADFORD GUILD OF HELP.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
BRADFORD GUILD OF HELP	FY2024	£3k

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	26/08/2026	£20k	Thornton Community Centre: Powering Our Rural Community

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
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£2.1m
DELAPAGE LIMITED	1	£100k
CHALFORDS LIMITED	1	£76k
JEG TRUST LIMITED	1	£42k
DAVID TANNEN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
THE MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£14k
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

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

EDENTHORPE COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION income £33k
THE TOWCESTER COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST income £7k
COMMUNITY CONCERN LONDON income £934
THORLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED income £44k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THORNBURY income £246k
NORTHCOURT CENTRE income £34k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THORNTON COMMUNITY CENTRE	£27k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EDENTHORPE COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION FY2025	£33k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TOWCESTER COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST FY2025	£7k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY CONCERN LONDON FY2024	£934	—	above	—	no doubt
THORLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025	£44k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THORNBURY FY2025	£246k	—	below	—	no doubt

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