Registered charity 1073260

Alexandra Community Centre

What it does

The centre is used by the local community. It is used for the activities already listed.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BARRY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TOGETHER DEFINED BY THE BUTTRILLS & ILLTYD WARD (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT 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 THE SAID INHABITANTS(FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CONSTITUTION)

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Education and training
Amateur sport
Recreation
Who it helps: Children and young people
Older people
Other charities and voluntary bodies
How it works: Provides buildings, facilities or open space

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Vale of Glamorgan

Area of benefit in its governing document: Barry Andthe Neighbourhood

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £22,987 and spent £25,203.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2025	£22,987	£25,203	Not reported	5
31 March 2024	£6,448	£10,227	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2023	£2,801	£6,831	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2022	£1,271	£3,632	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2021	£952	£5,404	Not reported	Not reported

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time: Up 2,315%, from £952 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £22,987 in the year to 31 March 2025.
Spending against income: It spent 110% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 5 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Trustees

5 trustees run the charity.

Mark CarpenterChair
Andrew David ThomasAppointed 2 August 2019
Catherine Louise ThomasAppointed 27 January 2023
Ian James JohnsonAppointed 1 July 2013
Samantha Jane Carpenter S.J.

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 19 December 2025, 43 days early	Not required
31 March 2024	31 January 2025	Received 17 January 2025, 14 days early	Not required
31 March 2023	31 January 2024	Received 20 March 2024, 49 days late	Not required
31 March 2022	31 January 2023	Received 17 January 2023, 14 days early	Not required
31 March 2021	31 January 2022	Received 18 January 2022, 13 days early	Not required

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1073260
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 12 January 1999
Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 8 JUNE 1998
Council area of its contact address: Vale of Glamorgan

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

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Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2025

£22,987

£25,203

Not reported

31 March 2024

£6,448

£10,227

Not reported

31 March 2023

£2,801

£6,831

Not reported

31 March 2022

£1,271

£3,632

Not reported

31 March 2021

£952

£5,404

Not reported

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 19 December 2025, 43 days early

Not required

31 March 2024

31 January 2025

Received 17 January 2025, 14 days early

Not required

31 March 2023

31 January 2024

Received 20 March 2024, 49 days late

Not required

31 March 2022

31 January 2023

Received 17 January 2023, 14 days early

Not required

31 March 2021

31 January 2022

Received 18 January 2022, 13 days early

Not required