COMMUNITY FIRST IN HEREFORDSHIRE & WORCESTERSHIRE
Registered charity 703072 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMMUNITY FIRST
We offer information, advice, guidance and technical support to voluntary organisations and community groups. Services include: funding advice; management of grants schemes; contract/programme management; training and support on organisational management; support for collaborative service delivery, rural advocacy, support for community buildings, community oil buying scheme.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total expenditure exceeded income by £55,136, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £245,153 to £190,017. The trustees report that free reserves equate to just over 6 months of current expenditure, which is at the upper limit of their stated policy target of two to six months. The organization acknowledges financial strain due to the loss of non-recurrent funding for its Wellbeing and Recovery College.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: two to six months budgeted expenditure (held: £143k)
“Community First therefore aims to hold free reserves equivalent to not less than two months budgeted expenditure and not more than six months budgeted expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)
Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Herefordshire · Worcestershire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is COMMUNITY FIRST IN HEREFORDSHIRE & WORCESTERSHIRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total expenditure exceeded income by £55,136, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £245,153 to £190,017. The trustees report that free reserves equate to just over 6 months of current expenditure, which is at the upper limit of their stated policy target of two to six months. The organization acknowledges financial strain due to the loss of non-recurrent funding for its Wellbeing and Recovery College. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
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