FOREST COMMUNITY CENTRE (MELKSHAM)

Registered charity 1064323 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOREST COMMUNITY CENTRE, FOREST FOOTBALL ACTIVITY CENTRE GROUP

Providing facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and leisure time for local clubs and events.

Objects

TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS

Area of benefit: MELKSHAM TOWN & SURROUNDING AREAS

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a small float to meet ongoing expenses, with unrestricted cash funds totaling £16,145 at the end of the period. Total receipts were £128,270 against total payments of £132,042, resulting in a net decrease in funds. The trustees' report notes the centre was not in use at the start of the year due to Covid-19 but received income as a vaccination centre.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sara Phelps
• Tina Oakman
• VICTOR OAKMAN

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FORESTDALE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION.

• FORESTDALE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION income £335k
• TRAWDEN FOREST COMMUNITY CENTRE income £154k
• FLEETVILLE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £120k
• COLBURN COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE income £301k
• PRIORY POOLS COMMUNITY CENTRE income £109k
• PARKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £170k

Side by side with its peers

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