HEATHER CLUB

Registered charity 1015598 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A weekly social club, providing a warm, caring atmosphere for the elderly, and those with early dementia; where they are stimulated by games, exercise and entertainment.It also gives respite to their carers two days a week.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF FRAIL,ELDERLY AND/OR MENTALLY CONFUSED PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED TO BE CHARITABLE WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF DACORUM,IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A DAY CENTRE

Area of benefit: THE BOROUGH OF DACORUM

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is operating at full capacity with a healthy membership base, though it faces a waiting list due to volunteer shortages. The trustees report that demand currently outstrips supply, and they are actively recruiting new volunteers and trustees to address this. Financially, the charity managed to avoid price increases for the current year, indicating stable cost management.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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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• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
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• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL ROWANchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alison Frances Scales Mrs
• Brian Charles Gale
• Gillian Mary Tate
• Kim Dorothy Adams
• Simon Rigby

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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