Community Southwark

Registered charity 1105835 · since 2004communitysouthwark.org·Southwark·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

Community Southwark does not make decisions about awarding funds to voluntary and community groups itself, so a group seeking money for its own work should not expect an award from it.
Where it does pass money on, it sometimes receives grants to distribute to small organisations or community groups, so the realistic route is to ask whether any such distribution is open and whether your work fits its stated priority, the London Borough of Southwark.
No application process is published in its annual report, its register entry or its website, so a short enquiry through the contact it gives is the sensible first step rather than a formal application.
Its membership of over 1,000 voluntary and community groups makes its network a natural point of contact.

Overview

Community Southwark is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1105835).

Community Southwark is a membership organisation with over 1,000 voluntary and community group members. It exists to promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the public, particularly those who live and work in the London Borough of Southwark and surrounding London boroughs, and to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of voluntary and charitable sector organisations providing health, community care and children's and family services. It has over 60 years' experience of offering free services and making connections. It does not award funds to voluntary and community groups itself, but sometimes receives grants to distribute to small organisations or community groups as part of its projects.

What they fund

Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report only. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.

Priority Areas

Community Southwark does not make decisions about awarding funds to VCS groups. As part of its projects, it sometimes receives grants to distribute to small organisations or community groups, treating these as conduit funds.

Geographic Focus

Priority: The London Borough Of Southwark.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Southwark

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Community Southwark.

United St Saviour's CharityMixed deadlinesGave £1.4M Southwark CharitiesRollingGave £554k Newcomen Collett Educational FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £154k The Peckham SettlementFixed deadlinesGave £27,000 St Olave's Foundation FundFixed deadlinesGave £677k The Don Broome Scout TrustFixed deadlinesGave £3,783 Croydon Voluntary ActionNo public processGave £222k Barnes Community AssociationRollingGave £13,788 The White Benevolent FundInvitation onlyGave £85,820 Kensington & Chelsea Social CouncilNo public processGave £900

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2022	£931,432	£866,941	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£996,694	£906,757	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£1,047,985	£974,411	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£1,216,179	£1,083,156	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025
year to 31 March 2026	£1,385,503	£1,281,358	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2026

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.