WATERHOUSES (DURHAM) COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1064926 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WATERHOUSES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION W. C. A.

Run and maintain The Village Hall.Provide social, leisure and educational activities for all ages and capabilities.Run fundraising events.Improve quality of life and the environment for residents and those of surrounding villages.

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION SOCIAL WELFARE AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS2) TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY CENTRE3) OTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES

Area of benefit: WATERHOUSE AND 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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts for the year were £57,868.49 and total payments were £28,675.28, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted cash and bank balances of £29,193.21, with an additional £21,704.85 held in restricted funds for specific projects.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• purely.website — “Thanks to purely.website for their charity web hosting” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Mark Smithchair
• ANGELA COLLINSON
• Cordelia Gardner
• John Kotre
• KATE LEWIS
• Terri Hosler · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tracey Gemski

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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