THE DAWES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1081764 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Childcare pre school play group. Mother and Toddlers group. Holiday playscheme. Youthclub. Herons junior football club. Adult football Club. Tennis club. Snooker club. Keep fit.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE VILLAGE OF HERNHILL AND AREA 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 OF THE SAID INHABITANTS. (PLEASE SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION FOR FURTHER DETAILS)

Area of benefit: HERNHILL, SWALE, KENT

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 total funds increased to £131,905, with unrestricted reserves at £39,221 and restricted funds at £92,684. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficit. The trustees report that reserves are considered sufficient to fulfill justifiable calls on resources.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/01/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison West
• BERYL CHIPPERTON
• Ben Gladstone
• Mark James Woodcock
• RICHARD LAYTON
• SIMON JAMES CARROLL

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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