CHELMSFORD HARWAY HOUSE CLUB

Registered charity 1012748 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHELMSFORD BOYS CLUB, CHELMSFORD BOYS' CLUB, Chelmsford Boys and Girls Club

Youth Club, for Boys & Young men, with provision for Girls & Young Women to educate them through their leisure time activities to develop their physical and mental capacities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals to be useful members of society & that their conditions of life may be improvedAdditionally, we let our Building, where possible to assist the Youth of Chelmsford & beyond.

Objects

TO HELP AND EDUCATE BOYS AND GIRLS THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Area of benefit: CHELMSFORD AND SURROUNDING AREA.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chelmsford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£14k

Latest spending

£28k

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £8,968.90 for the year ending 31 March 2025, increasing its total unrestricted reserves from £23,071 to £32,040. The trustees report notes that additional income was received as a one-off backdated payment and a one-off grant, which are being used for future maintenance and activities.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 8
Government income: £2,905 — grants £2,905 (1); 10% of the £29,884 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 7

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

PETER DRUMMONDchair
Emma Jennings
Emma Pickering Brian
Emma paige moore
Georgie Linda wright
VALERIE HOINES · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£14k	£28k
31/03/2025	£30k	£21k
31/03/2024	£13k	£20k
31/03/2023	£13k	£18k
31/03/2022	£16k	£16k

Common questions

Is CHELMSFORD HARWAY HOUSE CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £8,968.90 for the year ending 31 March 2025, increasing its total unrestricted reserves from £23,071 to £32,040. The trustees report notes that additional income was received as a one-off backdated payment and a one-off grant, which are being used for future maintenance and activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	29/08/2007	£6k	Something to do Somewhere to go

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PORTISHEAD NAUTICAL TRUST	1	£65k
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES	1	£24k
WEST OF ENGLAND RURAL NETWORK	1	£7k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	1	£6k
QUARTET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£5k
GATWICK AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£5k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TWYFORD DISTRICT YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE.

TWYFORD DISTRICT YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £31k
HAFWAY income £729k
CHELMSFORD GYMNASTICS CLUB LIMITED income £675k
HINCKLEY CLUB FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIMITED income £287k
HOLMCROFT YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE income £93k
CRAWLEY YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £96k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHELMSFORD HARWAY HOUSE CLUB	£14k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TWYFORD DISTRICT YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£31k	—	above	—	no doubt
HAFWAY FY2025	£729k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHELMSFORD GYMNASTICS CLUB LIMITED FY2026	£675k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HINCKLEY CLUB FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIMITED FY2026	£287k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HOLMCROFT YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2026	£93k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.