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COMMUNITY FIRST IN HEREFORDSHIRE & WORCESTERSHIRE

Registered charity 703072 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMMUNITY FIRST

Latest income
£265k
Latest spending
£257k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income
£630k
Total spending
£519k
Reserves (reported)
£196k
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Herefordshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£265k£257k
31/03/2024£303k£408k
31/03/2023£441k£407k
31/03/2022£630k£519k
31/03/2021£532k£463k

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY FIRST IN HEREFORDSHIRE & WORCESTERSHIRE financially healthy?

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.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION3£1.4m
THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON'S CHARITY1£456k
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION1£254k
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£64k
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST1£55k
ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£44k
THE RANWORTH TRUST 19851£40k
THE ELLERDALE TRUST1£30k

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