CONISTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1036917 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1) To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Patchway without discrimination by associating together the inhabitants and local organisations in a common effort to advance education, and to provide facilities for recreation and leisure-time with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.2) To maintain and manage a Community Centre in furtherance of these objects.

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF PATCHWAY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 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. 2) TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN COOPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE PATCHWAY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Gloucestershire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £23,421, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The charity reports a net movement in funds of £2,520 for the year, with total funds increasing to £44,119, and the trustees confirm the organisation remains a going concern.

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 5 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• KEITH WALKERchair
• David Sully
• Dr Sudhanshu Mardikar
• Evelyn Isabel Ann Orpen
• LUCY MARGARET HAMID
• WINIFRED MARY WILLIAMS

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

Operates in: South Gloucestershire

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• PASTON AND GUNTHORPE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £56k
• FILTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £76k
• TITCHFIELD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £206k
• BOTCHERBY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £225k
• BUTETOWN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £196k
• BARNES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £300k

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