GREENSTEAD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1082081 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GCA (COLCHESTER)

To engage in activities which will lead to the betterment of the quality of life for the residents and visitors to the Greenstead Estate.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GREENSTEAD ESTATE, COLCHESTER, ESSEX, 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; (B) ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE EOF THESE OBJECTS. (C) PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Area of benefit: GREENSTEAD, COLCHESTER

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 reported a net expenditure of £8,919 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £882,660 to £873,741. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Unrestricted funds decreased slightly from £76,013 to £75,244, while designated funds remained the primary reserve at £796,051.

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 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• TIM YOUNGchair
• Jennifer Bebb
• Lee Pugh
• Nic Blower
• Nik Hughes
• Rachel Eaton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ray Sharpe
• Tony Simons

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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• GREENFIELDS EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £1.3m
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Side by side with its peers

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