GORING AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST

Registered charity 1000005 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GORING COMMUNITY CENTRE

A. To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Goring and district without distinction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants. B. To establish or to secure the establishment of a community centre.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GORING AND DISTRICT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS. (B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE. (FOR DETAILS, SEE CLAUSE 2 OF CONSTITUTION)

Area of benefit: GORING AND DISTRICT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income

£31k

Latest spending

£51k

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity moved from a surplus to a deficit of £19,279 due to financing capital works for the East Wing Development. While operational costs like gas reduced, electricity charges increased significantly due to meter reading errors and arrears. The charity holds savings bonds totaling over £50,000 and benefits from a rent holiday that is expected to end in March 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (28/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (15/09/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (15/09/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alan Matthews
Angela Patricia Tomlinson
Derek David Robinson
John Kenneth BOLER
SUSAN SMITH

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire · West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£31k	£51k
31/03/2024	£30k	£25k
31/03/2023	£23k	£18k
31/03/2022	£63k	£25k
31/03/2021	£33k	£25k

Common questions

Is GORING AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity moved from a surplus to a deficit of £19,279 due to financing capital works for the East Wing Development. While operational costs like gas reduced, electricity charges increased significantly due to meter reading errors and arrears. The charity holds savings bonds totaling over £50,000 and benefits from a rent holiday that is expected to end in March 2025. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.