DINNINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUND

Registered charity 523912 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DINNINGTON RESOURCE CENTRE

The provision and the maintenance of the community centre and recreation ground for the use of the inhabitants of Dinnington, and the surrounding neighbourhood.

Objects

(1) THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUND.(2) SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSES 23 AND 25 THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN PART ONE OF THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME MUST BE RETAINED BY THE TRUSTEES FOR USE FOR THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF DINNINGTON 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 · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£434k
Latest spending
£433k
Registered
1961
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £715 for the year ended 30 June 2025, a significant decrease from £24,642 in the prior year. The trustees note that free reserves of £188,887 did not reach the policy target of six months of resources expended, but confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (94% of income)
“Charitable activities 406,897” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“At 30 June 2025 the free reserves did not reach the target level”
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.

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 30/06/2025

  • Volunteers: 55

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Volunteers: 60
  • Government income: £16,524 — contracts £16,524 (2); 4% of the £413,527 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Volunteers: 60
  • Government income: £14,465 — contracts £14,465 (1); 3% of the £558,610 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2025 (received 01/05/2026, 1 day after the 30/04/2026 due date); year ending 30/06/2023 (received 21/03/2025, 325 days after the 30/04/2024 due date); year ending 30/06/2022 (received 21/08/2024, 479 days after the 30/04/2023 due date); year ending 30/06/2021 (received 31/05/2023, 396 days after the 30/04/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dinnington Resource Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2023)

Total income
£559k
Total spending
£316k
Reserves (reported)
£109k
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Rotherham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£434k£433k
30/06/2024£414k£389k
30/06/2023£559k£316k
30/06/2022£727k£197k
30/06/2021£154k£148k

Common questions

Is DINNINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £715 for the year ended 30 June 2025, a significant decrease from £24,642 in the prior year. The trustees note that free reserves of £188,887 did not reach the policy target of six months of resources expended, but confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DINNINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DINNINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUND as a grant recipient include ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUSTFY2021£5kSport

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2015£10kProvide outdoor toilet facilities

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WALTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DINNINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUND£434k—0below—no doubt
WALTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUND FY2025£30k—0unclear—no doubt
MEASHAM COMMUNITY AND RECREATION CENTRE FY2025£226k—0above—no doubt
HYNDBURN VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE LTD FY2025£84k—0below—no doubt
BRYNNA COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£67k—0unclear—no doubt
OUGHTRINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2026£42k——above—no doubt

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