HOLBORN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 801064 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEDFORD HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE, BEDFORD HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE & THE MILLMAN STREET COMMUNITY ROOMS, MILLMAN STREET COMMUNITY ROOMS

Community organisation that runs 3 community centres. Services include sports facilities for children, Resource centre and activities for older people, Under 5's activities. Arts activites for children, Holborn Community Cooks,Meeting space for local organisations.

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THOSE PERSONS WHO LIVE IN THE HOLBORN WARD OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ABILITY OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS. B) 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 THESE INHABITANTS. C) TO ASSOCIATE THE LOCAL AUTHORITY, APPROPRIATE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, AND THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA IN A COMMON EFFORT TO THESE ENDS. D) TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, AND TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE ASSOCIATION IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: HOLBORN WARD OF CAMDEN AND 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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £31,566 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £276,156. However, the trustees note that most reserves are tied up in fixed assets, leaving only £115,123 in unrestricted cash flow, and highlight ongoing challenges regarding rising staff costs and loan repayments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Prestons & Jacksons Partnership LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Holborn Community Association (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Shona Louise Cofferchair
• Jonathan Nash
• Lauren Suding
• Linda Henden
• Matthew Langmead
• Shamin Kisakye
• Susan Rosalind Shickle

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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