COMMONSIDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Charity number: 1089578
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Commonside Trust works with local people in East Mitcham to address poverty and worklessness by running projects promoting good health, learning, entrepreneurship, creativity, good citizenship and sustainable development.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £208,074
Total expenditure: £658,135

Total income includes £271,632 from 11 government grant(s)

People

17 Employee(s)

8 Trustee(s)

45 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Accommodation/housing
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Amateur Sport
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Merton

Governance

Registration history:
  • 30 November 2001: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • COMMONSIDE CDT (Working name)
Company number:
04189863 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Mireille Yando-Gelezi Chair 14 March 2023
None on record
Dionne McDowell Trustee 14 March 2023
None on record
Dean Willis Trustee 14 March 2023
None on record
Rev Ayodeji Ayorinde Trustee 14 March 2023
POLLARDS HILL BAPTIST CHURCH
Received: On time
Samantha Malin Trustee 14 March 2023
None on record
Mariah Attakpah Trustee 19 September 2022
None on record
Syed Murtaza Hussain Trustee 19 September 2022
None on record
JEAN WISBEY Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £625.00k £458.27k £379.68k £827.84k £644.68k
Total expenditure £503.47k £431.78k £503.34k £803.22k £658.14k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £343.44k £117.17k £54.10k £381.76k £271.63k
Income - Donations and legacies £51.55k N/A N/A £35.15k £1.19k
Income - Other trading activities £187.56k N/A N/A £8.38k £187.46k
Income - Charitable activities £41.70k N/A N/A £780.21k £19.39k
Income - Endowments £0 N/A N/A £0 £0
Income - Investment £249 N/A N/A £232 £34
Income - Other £343.94k N/A N/A £3.87k £0
Income - Legacies £0 N/A N/A £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £502.21k N/A N/A £803.22k £617.36k
Expenditure - Raising funds £1.26k N/A N/A £0 £40.77k
Expenditure - Governance £0 N/A N/A £1.78k £131.11k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 N/A N/A £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 N/A N/A £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 N/A N/A £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £363 N/A N/A £152 £3.66k
Long-term investments £0 N/A N/A £0 £0
Other assets £189.66k N/A N/A £104.47k £128.29k
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 N/A N/A £0 £0
Total liabilities £14.30k N/A N/A £1.44k £42.22k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 31 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 31 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 16 February 2024 16 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 16 February 2024 16 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 20 March 2023 48 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 20 March 2023 48 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 31 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 31 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 15 February 2021 15 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 15 February 2021 15 days late Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29TH MARCH 2001

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN REGENERATION AND COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING AND OF ACTIVITIES BRINGING DIRECT COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE POLLARDS HILL, LONGTHORNTON AND FIGGES MARSH WARDS IN MITCHAM BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: (1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY (2) DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF LOCAL DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES (BOTH GEOGRAPHICAL COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST) IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY (3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE (4) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP: (1) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR (11) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES (5) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS (6) WORKING WITH PROVIDERS OF SOCIAL HOUSING TO FACILITATE THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING INTHE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING (7) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES (8) TH PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE (9) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL WELFARE FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES (10) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT (11) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE (12) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME (13) UNDERTAKING SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS ARE FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON, AND PARTICULARLY IN THE POLLARDS HILL, LONGTHORNTON AND FIGGES MARSH WARDS.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON, AND PARTICULARLY IN THE POLLARDS HILL, LONGTHORNTON AND FIGGES MARSH WARDS

Contact information

Address:
COMMONSIDE CDT
SOUTH LODGE AVE
POLLARDS HILL
MITCHAM
CR4 1LT
Phone:
07914318668
Email:
info@commonside.net
Website:

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