DARSHAM COUNTRY CENTRE

Registered charity 1047729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DARSHAM OLD STATION HOUSE, HACKNEY COUNTRY CENTRE, THE HACKNEY COUNTRY CENTRE

Provide low cost holiday accommodation and meeting facilities for young people, families and older people who could not otherwise afford such facilities.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY AND OTHER LONDON BOROUGHS AND THE SOUTH EAST TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY AND OTHER LONDON BOROUGHS

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £9,943 and total unrestricted funds of £59,230. The trustees note that annual expenditure for basic services is about £40,000 and have designated specific reserves for repairs, service maintenance, and redundancy payments. A secured loan of £14,500 is listed as a long-term liability.

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 4 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Susan Jane Colechair
• BRYAN EDWARD OSBON
• Gawain Little
• Helen Spilsted
• Sara Elizabeth Harvey
• Timothy Sean Delaney

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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