Company Registration Number: 02773345 Charity Registration Number: 1036667
## **BELLINGHAM COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED**
**FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
**BELLINGHAM COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED**
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
## **Board and Trustees**
Peter Brooks (Chair) Ami Ibitson Iyare Igiehon Alina Tuerk
## **Secretary**
Heather Taylor
## **Project Director**
Mr Julian Rouse
## **Registered Office**
4-7 Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4UP
## **Principal Office**
C/O Bellingham Leisure & Lifestyle Centre, 5 Randlesdown Road, Bellingham SE6 3BT
## **Company Registration Number**
02773345
## **Charity Registration Number**
1036667
## **Independent Examiner**
Richard Weaver, HaysMac LLP, 10 Queen Street Place, London, EC4R 1A
## **Bankers**
Lloyds Bank plc, 39 Threadneedle Street, London EC3 8DQ
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## **Contents**
|CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT|3|
|---|---|
|REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES|5|
|INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT|9|
|STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES|10|
|BALANCE SHEET|11|
|NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS|12|
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## **CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
In 2025, we continued to provide our programme of community outreach. In partnership with a local hub, providing initiatives that offer food, warmth, and activities to help ease the cost-of-living crisis. These include:
- Monday Lunch Club (60+),
- Tuesday Tea & Toast (55+),
- Arts & Crafts for socially isolated adults,
- Thursday Jamaican Pattie Drop-In; and
- Friday Drop-In provides digital support, hot meals, exercise, and Citizens Advice access.
We continued to support the Bellingham Befriending Service and free bi-monthly play sessions for children with special educational needs remain popular, and our Christmas party this year welcomed over 120 children.
The Digital Hub was launched in October 2025. Services include:
- One-to-one digital support
- Assistance with online services (e.g. benefits and form filling)
- Training opportunities
- Plans to extend digital services to housebound residents
This initiative is a key step in tackling digital exclusion locally.
The 2025 Bellingham Festival was held on the 14th June one of our most successful to date, attracting over 2,500 attendees.
Key outcomes included:
- 40 community stalls with strong representation from local organisations
- Free family activities such as a bouncy castle, graffiti wall, face painting, and African drumming
- Entertainment from DJs, community performances, and a live broadcast by Radio Lewisham
The event highlighted the depth of community engagement and reinforced our role as an organiser.
We continue to coordinate and deliver the Bellingham Interagency. With a grant from the Merchant Taylors’ Foundation, we reviewed its constitution and replaced this with updated Terms of Reference, improving its governance. We also reviewed and relaunched our website providing a home for Bellingham Interagency to strengthen our digital presence: www.bellinghamcommunityproject.org.uk
We secured NCIL (Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy) funding to produce the 2025/26 Bellingham Information Leaflet, with over 5,000 copies distributed via local schools and the Police Cadets. The leaflet promotes local services and free/affordable activities, and also helps raise awareness of the annual festival.
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BCP and Trust for London remain committed to the potential redevelopment of our site in partnership with Lewisham Council. This could deliver a new leisure facility—including a swimming pool—offering vital health and wellbeing opportunities in Lewisham’s most deprived ward. Whilst Lewisham Council remains committed to supporting a redevelopment of the site a decision will not be made until mid-2026.
We are deeply grateful to all our funders, whose support ensures we can continue serving the Bellingham community.
Peter Brooks **Chairman**
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## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
The Trustees present their annual report together with the financial statements, for the year ended 31 December 2025, under the Companies Act 2006 and the Charities Act 2011.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
The Charity was incorporated on 14 December 1992 and is a subsidiary of the Trust for London, a charitable Trust, which is the controller of the Charity. It is limited by Guarantee and is also a registered charity governed by its Articles of Association. Trust for London controls the appointment of the Trustees of the Charity. The Charity is the parent Charity of Bellingham Community Project Management Co Limited. The Directors, who are also the Trustees of the Charity, ensure that the policies of the Charity are implemented and that the work is properly managed and administered. To this end two permanent posts were in place during the year. The Project Director and the Project Administrator work on the business of the Charity, provide input into the policy debates and implement decisions taken whilst the consultants worked on specific funded activities.
All trustees give freely of their time and no trustee remuneration was paid in the year. See note 6a to the financial statements.
## **APPOINTMENT AND INDUCTION OF TRUSTEES**
If the charity has identified the need to enhance the skills of the Board and an eminently suitable person has been identified, the person may be invited to meet with the Chair and Project Director to gain an understanding of the role and BCP’s aims and objectives and also as an observer at a Board meeting.
The applicant will be asked to declare any conflicts of interest and will be required to provide two references, which will be taken up prior to the next Board meeting. The applicant will be required to sign a declaration that they are not disqualified from being a trustee as per section 72 (1) of The Charities Act 1993.
If the Board wish to seek a candidate who is not known to a member, the recruitment process and outputs will include Role Description, advert, role pack, where to advertise, how to ensure Board diversity. A recruitment plan will be put into place, which will include appropriate sources from where applicants might be found. To ensure diversity, consideration will be given to ways in which groups that are under-represented on the Board might be reached and encouraged to apply. However, at the point of selection, the Board will not discriminate unfairly, and recruitment will be in accordance with the charity’s commitment to equal opportunities. All applicants will be required to complete an application form, in the event of there being a large number of applicants those most matching BCP’s skills and diversity audit requirements will be sent an information pack and interviewed by the Chair and Project Director. The applicant will be asked to declare any conflicts of interest and will be required to provide two references, which will be taken up prior to the next Board meeting. The applicant will be required to sign a declaration that they are not disqualified from being a trustee as per section 72 (1) of The Charities Act 1993. The requirement to attend any trustee induction sessions will be described. It is the responsibility of the Trustees on the recruiting panel to ensure that references are obtained, and all other relevant checks are completed.
## **PAY POLICY FOR ALL STAFF**
The pay for all staff is reviewed by the Board annually and normally increased in accordance with inflation. The Trustees benchmark against pay levels in other charities of similar size.
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## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
## **RISK MANAGEMENT**
The Trustees have examined the major strategic, business and operational risks which the charity faces and confirm that systems have been established to enable regular reports to be produced so that the necessary steps can be taken to lessen these risks.
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT**
The Charity was established for the public benefit of providing facilities for physical recreation at Bellingham Playing Fields in the interests of social welfare. This aim was broadened during 2006 to include the promotion of any charitable purpose that improved the social conditions of life through sport, recreation or other leisure activities for the people in the London Borough of Lewisham and the surrounding boroughs within London, the objectives being to develop, support and assist voluntary and community groups in the area of benefit to provide these facilities.
In furtherance of these objectives the Charity operates a Lifestyle and Leisure Centre on the green field site at Randlesdown Road Bellingham the management of which has been contracted to the London Borough of Lewisham.
We have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our objectives and in planning our future activities.
## **FUNDRAISING**
We have a comprehensive fundraising policy/strategy which looks at both core funding (sustainability) and project funding. The strategy is reviewed and reported to on a quarterly basis to the Trustees. In relation to the protection of vulnerable individuals we work within the Leisure Centre’s Safeguarding Policy and the Project Director is DBS checked.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS**
The Trustees reported a total income of £118,823 (2024: £195,937) for the year. This includes grant income of £108,284 (2024: £183,352) of which further details are given in note 4.
It is noted that whilst the charity is asset-heavy, with the ownership of the Bellingham Leisure and Lifestyle Centre, there are only limited funds available to continue its work.
2025 marked the final year of BCP’s main sources of grant funding, which led to the difficult decision not to continue the Community Development Worker role. The charity now operates with two members of staff, one of whom works part-time.
The Bellingham Leisure and Lifestyle Centre, which cost £4.2 million to build in 2004, is the charity’s principal asset on the balance sheet. Management of the Centre is undertaken by Greenwich Leisure Limited on behalf of the London Borough of Lewisham, under a contract renewed in 2025 for a further 13 years. The Centre is now in need of upgrading and Lewisham Council is exploring options for redevelopment of the site, which could involve either a replacement leisure facility or significant redevelopment of the existing structure. Both BCP and Trust for London support these proposals, and the Council has indicated that a decision is expected by mid-2026.
During the year, the charity successfully secured funding to deliver the annual Bellingham Festival and continued to produce the Bellingham information leaflet, promoting affordable local projects
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and services. These activities were delivered in partnership with local organisations, service providers, and the community through the Bellingham Interagency.
Lewisham Council has now brought youth services back in-house and operates a Youth Gateway Centre from part of the site leased to it. Provision of youth services at the Centre has continued to increase during the year.
The charity remains asset-rich, with ownership of the Bellingham Leisure and Lifestyle Centre representing the majority of its balance sheet value. However, this asset is operational in nature and does not generate a surplus that can be applied to the charity’s wider activities. As a result, the charity holds limited unrestricted and liquid reserves. This position can make fundraising more challenging, as the charity may appear financially well-resourced despite having limited funds available to meet ongoing operating costs.
At the same time, the charity is awaiting confirmation from the London Borough of Lewisham regarding the future development of the site. Until this position is clarified, the charity’s ability to plan long-term activities, attract fundraising, or diversify income streams remains challenging.
The trustees and staff continue to work closely with the Council and other stakeholders, while carefully managing expenditure and exploring funding opportunities. In light of the challenging funding environment and uncertainty regarding the future of the site, the Trustees anticipate a planned use of reserves during 2026 to support continued operations. The Trustees were pleased to receive confirmation that Lewisham Council has agreed to provide a further three years of funding from April 2026, which will help support the charity’s ongoing activities and future planning.
## **POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS**
There have been no significant events since the year end which would materially affect the financial statements.
## **GOING CONCERN**
After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the accounting policies.
## **TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the annual return and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law applicable to incorporated charities in England and Wales requires the trustees, who are also Trustees for the purposes of Company law, to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law, the trustees have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law. The financial statements are required to give a true and fair view of the charity's financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year (unless the charity is entitled to prepare accounts on the alternative receipts and payments basis). In preparing those financial statements, the trustees should follow best practice and:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles of the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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- state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended accounting practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume the Charity will continue in business.
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The systems of control are designed to provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurance against material misstatement or loss. They include an annual budget set by the Trustees, regular consideration by the trustees of financial results and identification and management of risks.
## **SMALL COMPANIES EXEMPTION**
The financial statements are prepared in accordance with the special provision of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
## **RESERVES POLICY**
Bellingham Community Project (BCP) holds some responsibility for repair costs detailed in the Contingent Asset and Liabilities disclosures in the notes to the accounts.
The trustees’ aim is to hold sufficient reserves to meet BCPs revenue costs for six months and a limited reserve for any potential repair costs.
At the year end, the charity held unrestricted reserves of £240,245 (2024: £218,831) and restricted reserves of £2,252,706 (2024: £2,378,487). The trustees consider this to be sufficient to meet its obligations.
By order of the Board Peter Brooks C/O Bellingham Leisure & Lifestyle Centre Chairman 5 Randlesdown Road Bellingham London SE3 3BT Date: 24 June 2026
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF BELLINGHAM COMMUNITY PROJECT**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
I report to the Trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Bellingham Community Project Limited (‘the Charity’) the year ended 31 December 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
The Trustees (who are also the Directors of the Company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements, in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”). The Trustees are satisfied that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and have chosen instead to have an independent examination.
Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the Charitable Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the Charitable Company’s financial statements as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed the requirements of the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
3. the financial statements do not comply with the section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the financial statements give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement if Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Richard Weaver HaysMac LLP 10 Queen Street Place London EC4R 1AG
Date:
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## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Unrestricted Restricted|Total|Total|
|Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|
|2025|2025|2025|2024|
|Notes|£|£|£|£|
|Income from:|
|Donations and legacies:|
|Grants receivable|4|32,500|75,784|108,284|183,352|
|Charitable Activities:|
|Rents, hirings and similar income|10,539|-|10,539|12,585|
|─────|─────|─────|─────|
|Total income|43,039|75,784|118,823|195,937|
|─────|─────|─────|─────|
|Expenditure on:|
|Cost of raising funds|5|(24,998)|-|(24,998)|(33,511)|
|Charitable activities:|
|Direct costs|5|-|(63,889)|(63,889)|(35,850)|
|Depreciation|5|(80,441)|(80,441)|(81,441)|
|Support costs|5|(62,463)|-|(62,463)|(81,612)|
|─────|─────|─────|─────|
|Total expenditure|(87,461) (144,330) (231,791) (232,414)|
|─────|─────|─────|─────|
|Net income/(expenditure) for the year|(35,821)|(68,546) (104,367)|(36,477)|
|Transfer between funds|57,235|(57,235)|-|-|
|─────|─────|─────|─────|
|Net income/(expenditure) before recognised gains|21,414|(125,781) (104,367)|(36,477)|
|Gains on investments|8,601|-|8,601|6,752|
|─────|─────|─────|─────|
|Reconciliation of funds:|
|Balance brought forward at 1|January 2025|218,831 2,378,487 2,597,318 2,627,043|
|────── ────── ────── ──────|
|Balance carried forward at 31 December 2025|240,245 2,252,706 2,492,951 2,597,318|
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The Statement of Financial Activities incorporates the income and expenditure account.
The result for the year derives from continuing activities and there are no gains or losses other than those shown above.
The notes on pages 12 to 24 form part of the financial statements.
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## **BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2025**
## **Company Registration number 02773345**
||||2025||2024|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Notes|£|£|£|£|
|**Tangible fixed assets**|7||2,144,568|
|2,225,009|
|**Investments**|7||315,353||256,752|
|**Current Assets**||||||
|Debtors and prepayments|8|10,191||8,541||
|Cash at bank and in hand||35,635||119,816||
|||──────||──────||
|||45,826||128,357||
|**Creditors**||||||
|Amounts falling due within one year|9|(12,796)||(12,800)||
|||──────||──────||
|**Net Current assets**|||33,030||115,557|
||||──────||──────|
||||2,492,951||2,597,318|
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|**The funds of the charity**||||||
|Unrestricted funds|11||240,245||218,831|
|Restricted funds|11||2,252,706||2,378,487|
||||──────||──────|
||||2,492,951||2,597,318|
||||══════||══════|
The charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The members have not required the Charity to obtain an audit for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and preparation of financial statements.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to entities subject to the small companies’ regime.
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
Peter Brooks Chairman
## Date: 24 June 2026
The notes on pages 12 to 24 form part of the financial statements
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
## **General information**
Bellingham Community Project Limited is a private Charity limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales, company number 02773345 and charity number 1036667. Its registered office address is 4-7 Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4UP. Its principal activity remains the provision of community services in Bellingham.
## **1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of Accounting**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) – (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
Bellingham Community Project Limited meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy.
The financial statements have been prepared in GBP and all amounts have been rounded to the nearest pound.
## **Going concern**
The Trustees assess whether the use of going concern is appropriate, whether there are any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the Charity to continue as a going concern. The Trustees make this assessment in respect of a period of at least one year from the date of authorisation for issue of the financial statements and have concluded that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and there are no material uncertainties about the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern, thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
## **Grants Receivable**
Grants are credited to income when entitlement to income is confirmed in line grant recognition criteria as specified within Charities SORP FRS 102.
## **Income**
Rents and similar income represents the amount receivable from the lease or hire of grounds and the Youth Gateway building _._ Contributions from users represent the amounts contributed from groups and organisations towards their use of the facilities and charitable services provided by the project.
## **Expenditure**
Costs of raising funds comprise those operational costs directly attributable to raising income and an appropriate proportion of staff costs and general overheads. Charitable activities include the Project's provision of facilities for sports and leisure recreation and other charitable operations. They include staff costs and general overheads which are identifiable wholly or mainly in support of charitable expenditure. Governance costs are those costs incurred in connection with the governance arrangements of the charity as opposed to those associated with charitable activity. They cover the costs of compliance with statutory requirements and include the audit fees. Expenditure has been apportioned between costs of raising funds, charitable costs and governance costs in a way, which the Trustees think fair. Costs are provided for on the accrual’s basis.
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
## **ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)**
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Tangible fixed assets costing more than £500 are shown at cost (or valuation) less depreciation. Depreciation is provided so as to write off the cost of tangible fixed assets over their estimated useful lives at the following rate:
Buildings 2% per annum on a straight line basis over the life of the lease Centre equipment 10% per annum on a straight line basis
## **Investments**
Listed investments are included in the Balance sheet, at fair value, at the reporting date. Changes in market value are recognised in the Statement of financial activities as gains or losses on investments. Income from investments is recognised when the charity is entitled to receive it.
## **Debtors**
Other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid.
## **Cash at bank and in hand**
Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.
## **Liabilities and provisions**
Liabilities are recognised when there is an obligation at the Balance sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement, and the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably.
Liabilities are recognised at the amount that the Charity anticipates it will pay to settle the debt or the amount it has received as advanced payments for the goods or services it must provide.
Provisions are measured at the best estimate of the amounts required to settle the obligation. Where the effect of the time value of money is material, the provision is based on the present value of those amounts, discounted at the pre-tax discount rate that reflects the risks specific to the liability. The unwinding of the discount is recognised in the statement of financial activities as a finance cost
## **Financial instruments**
The Project only has financial instruments and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.
## **Cash Flow Exemption**
The financial statements do not include a cash flow statement because the charity, as a small reporting entity, is exempt from the requirements to prepare such a statement.
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
## **ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)**
## **Pensions**
The Charity does not operate a pension scheme, although it does contribute towards employees' personal pension plans. Contributions are accounted for as and when made.
## **Funds**
Funds for specific projects and their related expenditure are held as restricted funds and analysed within the notes to the accounts.
## **2 JUDGMENTS IN APPLYING ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND KEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTY**
In the application of the Charity's accounting policies, the Trustees may be required to make judgements, estimate and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumption are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in a period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.
At the year-end date the Trustees identified that depreciation is a significant accounting estimate. Depreciation of the Centre has been based on the length of the lease.
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
## **3 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE CHARITY**
The note below provides an operational summary of the performance of the Charity before and after depreciation of the Leisure Centre and its assets and before transfers.
|||┌─── Restricted Funds ───┐|┌─── Restricted Funds ───┐|┌─── Restricted Funds ───┐|Total|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted|Fixed|||Funds|Funds|
||Funds|Assets Operations||Total|2025|2024|
||£|£|£|£|£|£|
|Income|51,640|-|75,784|75,784|127,424|202,689|
|Expenditure|(87,461)|-|(63,889)|(63,889)|(151,350)|(150,979)|
||─────|─────|─────|─────|─────|─────|
|Net movement in funds|(35,821)|-|11,895|11,895|(23,926)|51,710|
|Depreciation|-|(80,441)|-|(80,441)|(80,441)|(81,441)|
||─────|─────|─────|─────|─────|─────|
|Net income / (expenditure)|||||||
|after depreciation|(35,821)|(80,441)|11,895|(68,546)|(104,367)|(29,731)|
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In 2025: of the total income of £127,424, £75,784 was restricted income, with £51,640 of unrestricted income; of the total expenditure excluding depreciation of £151,350, £63,889 was from restricted funds, with £87,461 being from unrestricted funds.
## **4 GRANTS RECEIVABLE**
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Income|Income|Income|
Income|Income|Income|
||2025|2025|2025|
2024|2024|2024|
|**Towards Community**|£|£|£|
£|£|£|
|**Development Work**|||||||
|London Borough of Lewisham (LBL) -||25,000||-|31,250||
|Reaching Communities|
-|-||-|52,335||
|Coop Community Fund|(SEN)
-|-||-|1,732||
|Merchant Taylors|-|-||-|2,000||
|NCIL|-|9,084||-|-||
|Lewisham Local||5,200|||2,635||
|LL Windrush Grant|||||500||
|City Bridge Trust|-|36,500||-|35,400||
||─────|─────||─────|─────||
||-|75,784|75,784|
-|125,852|125,852|
|**Towards salaries and**|**evaluation**||||||
|Trust for London|32,500|-||57,500|-||
||─────|─────||─────|─────||
||32,500|-|32,500|
57,500|-|57,500|
||─────|─────|─────|
─────|─────|─────|
||32,500|75,784|108,284|
57,500|125,852|183,352|
||═════|═════|═════|
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The Project is grateful to all its funders for their financial support.
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
## **5 ANALYSIS OF TOTAL EXPENDITURE**
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|Funds|Funds|
Funds|Funds|Funds|
||2025|2025|2025|
2024|2024|2024|
||£|£|£|
£|£|£|
|Cost of raising funds|24,998|-|24,998|
33,513|-|33,513|
|Charitable operations|-|144,330|144,330|
-|117,291|117,291|
|Charitable support costs|58,329|-|58,329|
78,196|-|78,196|
|Governance costs|4,134|-|4,134|
3,420|-|3,420|
||─────|─────|─────|
─────|─────|─────|
||87,461|144,330|231,791|
115,129|117,291|232,420|
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## **6 TOTAL EXPENDITURE**
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|Funds|Funds|
Funds|Funds|Funds|
||2025|2025|2025|
2024|2024|2024|
||£|£|£|
£|£|£|
|Wages and salaries|||||||
|(see note 6a)|82,030|53,427|135,427|
108,177|26,334|134,511|
|Depreciation – centre|-|80,441|80,441|
-|81,441|81,441|
|Direct grant expenses|10|8,472|8,842|
-|8,364|8,364|
|Office costs|-|1,510|1,510|
1,676|1,152|2,828|
|Catering|35|
18|53|
172|
-|172|
|Rates|100|-|100|
100|-|100|
|Travel|-|-|-|
35|-|35|
|Telephone and Internet|-|462|462|
690|-|690|
|Independent examination|fees||||||
|/ Auditors remuneration|4,134|-|4,134|
3,420|-|3,420|
|BCP Projects|491|-|491|
-|-|-|
|Sundry|661|-|661|
859|-|859|
||─────|─────|─────|
─────|─────|─────|
||87,461|144,330|231,791|
115,129|117,291|232,420|
||═════|═════|═════|
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**BELLINGHAM COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
## **6a STAFF COSTS**
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|
|2025|2025|2025|2024|2024|2024|
|£|£|£|£|£|
|Wages and salaries|72,164|46,992|119,156|93,600|22,785|116,385|
|Social security costs|1,856|1,212|3,068|4,894|1,191|6,085|
|Pension costs|8,010|5,223|13,233|9,684|2,357|12,041|
|─────|─────|─────|─────|─────|─────|
|82,030|53,427|135,457|108,178|26,333|134,511|
|═════|═════|═════|═════|═════|═════|
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Wages and salaries are split between restricted and unrestricted funds based on the projects they relate to.
The key management personnel comprise the Project Director. The trustees were not paid and did not receive any other benefits from employment with the charity (2024: nil) neither were they reimbursed expenses during the year (2024: nil). No trustee received payment for professional or other services supplied to the charity (2024: nil). Total key management remuneration for the year amounted to £75,311 (2024: £75,311).
The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employers pension contributions) exceeded £60,000 during the year were as follows:
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|---|---|---|
|2025|2024|
|No.|No.|
|£60,001 - £70,000|1|1|
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The average monthly head count was 3 staff (2024: 3 staff).
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|---|---|---|---|
|7|FIXED ASSETS|
|Tangible Fixed Assets|Centre|Centre|
|Equipment|Building|Total|
|£|£|£|
|Cost|
|Balance brought forward 01/01/2025|453,918 3,892,276 4,346,194|
|────── ────── ──────|
|Balance carried forward 31/12/2025|453,918 3,892,276 4,346,194|
|══════ ══════ ══════|
|Depreciation|
|Balance brought forward 01/01/2025|452,918 1,668,267 2,121,185|
|Charge for the year|1,000|79,441|80,441|
|────── ────── ──────|
|Balance carried forward 31/12/2025|453,918 1,747,708 2,201,626|
|══════ ══════ ══════|
|Net Book Value|
|31 December 2025|- 2,144,568 2,144,568|
|══════ ══════ ══════|
|31 December 2024|1,000 2,224,009 2,225,009|
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The building is situated on land leased from Trust for London. The lease expires on 27 April 2053.
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**BELLINGHAM COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
|**7**
**FIXED ASSETS (CONTINUED)**|||
|---|---|---|
||2025|2024|
|**INVESTMENTS**|£|£|
|Market Value at 1 January 2025|256,752|-|
|Additions|50,000|250,000|
|Gains in investments|8,601|6,752|
||────|────|
|Market Value at 31 December 2025|315,353|256,752|
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|**8**
**DEBTORS**|||
||2025|2024|
||£|£|
|Trade debtors|-|4,599|
|Prepayments|25|25|
|Grants Receivable|6,250|-|
|Subsidiary balance due from Treasury|3,916|3,916|
||────|────|
||10,191|8,540|
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|**9**
**CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year**|||
||2025|2025|
||£|£|
|Accruals|9,707|9,815|
|Other creditors|3,089|2,985|
||─────|─────|
||12,796|12,800|
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## **BELLINGHAM COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
## **10 OPERATING LEASES**
As at 31 December 2025, the Charity was committed to pay the following amounts under noncancellable leases for land at Bellingham
Lease payments outstanding over the remainder of the term of the lease
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|||
|---|---|
|2025|2024|
|Land|Land|
|£|£|
|2,800|2,900|
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## **11 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS**
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Tangible|Tangible|
|Fixed|Current|Current|Fixed|Current|Current|
|Assets|Assets Liabilities|Total|Assets|Assets Liabilities|Total|
|2025|2025|2025|2025|2024|2024|2024|2024|
|£|£|£|£|£|£|£|£|
|Unrestricted|
|Funds|315,353|(62,312)|(12,796)|240,245|256,752|(25,121)|(12,800)|218,831|
|Restricted|
|Funds|2,144,568|108,138|- 2,252,706 2,225,009|153,478|- 2,378,487|
|────── ────── ────── ────── ──────|────── ────── ──────|
|2,459,921|45,826|(12,796) 2,492,951 2,481,761|128,357|(12,800) 2,597,318|
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**BELLINGHAM COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|11 STATEMENT OF FUNDS – CURRENT YEAR|
|Balance|Balance|
|at|Transfers|at|
|01/01/25|Income Expenditure|in/out|31/12/25|
|£|£|£|£|£|
|Unrestricted Funds|
|General Funds|218,831|51,640|(87,461)|57,235|240,245|
|────── ────── ────── ────── ──────|
|Restricted Funds|
|Tangible Fixed Assets|2,225,009|-|(80,441)|- 2,144,568|
|Bellingham Festival Fund|936|-|(936)|-|-|
|Lewisham Local|640|5,200|(4,438)|-|1,402|
|NCIL|-|9,084|(326)|-|8,758|
|Merchant Taylors|2,000|-|(2,000)|-|-|
|City Bridge Trust|39,704|36,500|(28,846)|-|47,358|
|Coop|2,243|-|(2,243)|-|-|
|London Borough of Lewisham grant|6,250|-|-|-|6,250|
|Award for All|1,710|-|(1,202)|-|1,710|
|The National Lottery Community Fund|
|(Reaching Communities)|99,595|-|(100)|(57,235)|42,260|
|LL Windrush|400|500|(100)|-|400|
|────── ────── ────── ────── ──────|
|2,378,487|75,754|(144,330)|(57,235) 2,252,706|
|────── ────── ────── ────── ──────|
|Total Funds|2,597,318|127,424|(231,791)|- 2,492,951|
|══════ ══════ ══════ ══════ ══════|
|11 STATEMENT OF FUNDS – PREVIOUS YEAR|
|Balance|Balance|
|at|Transfers|at|
|01/01/24|Income Expenditure|in/out|31/12/24|
|£|£|£|£|£|
|Unrestricted Funds|
|General Funds|257,117|76,837|(115,123)|-|218,831|
|────── ────── ────── ────── ──────|
|Restricted Funds|
|Tangible Fixed Assets|2,306,450|-|(81,441)|- 2,225,009|
|Bellingham Festival Fund|3,396|-|(2,460)|-|936|
|Lewisham Local|-|2,635|(1,995)|-|640|
|Merchant Taylors|-|2,000|-|-|2,000|
|City Bridge Trust|6,028|35,400|(1,724)|-|39,704|
|Coop|3,880|1,732|(3,369)|-|2,243|
|London Borough of Lewisham grant|-|31,250|(25,000)|-|6,250|
|Award for All|2,912|-|(1,202)|-|1,710|
|The National Lottery Community Fund|
|(Reaching Communities)|47,260|52,335|-|-|99,595|
|LL Windrush|-|500|(100)|-|400|
|────── ────── ────── ────── ──────|
|2,369,926|125,852|(117,291)|- 2,378,487|
|────── ────── ────── ────── ──────|
|Total Funds|2,627,043|202,689|(232,414)|- 2,597,318|
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**BELLINGHAM COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
## **11 STATEMENT OF FUNDS (CONTINUED)**
Restricted tangible fixed assets represent the net book value of the Lifestyle and Leisure Centre. The balance is written down by the annual depreciation charge.
The Bellingham Festival Fund is made up of historic donations and grants transferred to BCP by the Bellingham Festival Chairman and current grants to be used solely in the delivery of future Bellingham Festivals.
Lewisham Local Fund was provided to run 12 arts and crafts sessions in Bellingham for isolated adults commencing from March 2022.
A Lewisham Local Warm Welcomes grant was received in 2025 to provide two warm spaces a week with a light food offering for local residents.
City Bridge Trust grant was received to employ a Community Development Worker to deliver a range of projects for people aged 65 and over in Bellingham.
Coop – The grant was provided to deliver small projects/newsletters to engage isolated residents in Bellingham.
The London Borough of Lewisham (LBL) main grant is provided to support our work with the community; it has set deliverables, which we report on quarterly. BCP works in partnership with LBL and other community organisations to deliver a community development programme for the Bellingham ward. It is helping to create a strategy to deliver stronger and cohesive communities borough-wide.
Reaching Communities Grant - to help local people take action to improve their health and wellbeing, community members who are identified as not engaging report improvements to their quality of life, revitalise the neighbourhood with improved community facilities and environmental amenities and help develop stronger community bonds/more resilient communities with community members coming together to address common needs.
BCP received a grant of £2000 from the Merchant Taylors’ Foundation in 2024 to review the Bellingham Interagency Group constitution and BCP’s website, and for running costs towards the production of our annual community leaflet.
BCP received a grant from NCIL to provide a Bellingham information leaflet in 2025/26 for all Bellingham residents and to fund the 2026 Bellingham Festival.
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**BELLINGHAM COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
## **12 GUARANTEE**
The Charity is limited by guarantee and therefore has no share capital. The liability of the members is limited to £1.
## **13 PARENT CHARITY AND CONSOLIDATION**
The Charity is exempt under S.398 of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirement to prepare consolidated financial statements as it and its subsidiary undertaking are included by full consolidation in the consolidated financial statements of its immediate and ultimate parent, Trust for London, a charity and body corporate registered in England and Wales, charity number 205629. The accounts therefore present information about the Charity as an individual undertaking and not about its group. Advantage has not been taken of the Financial Reporting Standard 8 exemption not to disclose inter-group transactions. Copies of the Consolidated financial statements can be obtained from the Trustee of Finance & Administration, Trust for London, 4 Chiswell Street, London EC1Y 4UP. The principal activity of the Trust for London is the tackling of poverty and inequality.
## **14 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS**
The charity has a policy of declaration of interest at board meetings. The policy has been adhered to in relation the following:
- A grant of £32,500 (2024: £57,500) was received from Trust for London, the parent organisation.
- As at 31 Dec 2025, the amount owed to Bellingham Community Project from Trust for London was £0 (2024: £4,599).
- At the year end, BCP was owed £3,916 (2024: £3,916) by its subsidiary, Bellingham Community Management Charity Limited, as disclosed in Note 8. BCPMC was closed during 2024. The amount is the bank balance currently held in Lloyds Treasury.
## **15 CONTINGENT ASSETS**
Bellingham Community Project (BCP) holds a Headlease from Trust for London and has granted an Underlease to the London Borough of Lewisham, under which BCP retains responsibility for certain structural and external repairs to the premises.
Prior to the grant of the Underlease, Trust for London issued a letter of undertaking confirming that, should BCP lack the financial resources to meet its repairing obligations under the Underlease, Trust for London would either procure the necessary financial resources for BCP or fulfil the obligations directly.
As at the reporting date, no notifications of required repairs have been received from the London Borough of Lewisham, and BCP has not incurred any related liabilities. However, the letter of undertaking gives rise to a contingent asset for BCP, as it represents a potential future inflow of economic benefits in the event that BCP is unable to meet its obligations and repairs are formally requested.
As a result, it is not possible to quantify the asset as at the year-end date, and no provision has been made within these accounts.
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**BELLINGHAM COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
## **16 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES**
BCP holds a Headlease from Trust for London and has granted an Underlease to the London Borough of Lewisham. Under the Underlease, BCP retains responsibility for certain structural and external repairs.
While BCP remains liable for these obligations, no notifications of required repairs have been received from Lewisham as at the reporting date.
The trustees recognise that a contingent liability exists in respect of potential future repair obligations, which would become payable only upon notification and confirmation of required works. The financial impact of such obligations cannot be reliably estimated at this time.
As a result, it is not possible to quantify the liability as at the year-end date, and no provision has been made within these accounts.
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**BELLINGHAM COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025**
## **17 COMPARATIVE SOFA FOR 2024**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
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|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Unrestricted Restricted|Total|Total|
|Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds|
|2024|2024|2024|2023|
|Notes|£|£|£|£|
|Income from:|
|Donations and legacies:|
|Grants receivable|4|57,500|125,852|183,352|166,999|
|Charitable Activities:|
|Rents, hirings and similar income|12,585|-|12,585|25,150|
|─────|─────|─────|─────|
|Total income|70,085|125,852|195,937|192,149|
|─────|─────|─────|─────|
|Expenditure on:|
|Cost of raising funds|5|(33,511)|-|(33,511)|(12,121)|
|Charitable activities:|
|Direct costs|5|-|(35,850)|(35,850) (102,062)|
|Depreciation|5|(81,441)|(81,441)|(81,441)|
|Support costs|5|(81,612)|-|(81,612)|(31,055)|
|─────|─────|─────|─────|
|Total expenditure|(115,123) (117,291) (232,414) (226,679)|
|─────|─────|─────|─────|
|Net income/(expenditure) for the year|(45,038)|8,561|(36,477)|(34,530)|
|Gains on investments|6,752|-|6,752|-|
|Reconciliation of funds:|
|Balance brought forward at 1|January 2024|257,117 2,369,926 2,627,043 2,661,573|
|────── ────── ────── ──────|
|Balance carried forward at 31 December 2024|218,831 2,378,487 2,597,318 2,627,043|
|══════ ══════ ══════ ══════|
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