SHIREHAMPTON COMMUNITY ACTION FORUM

Registered charity 1099221 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCAF, Shirehampton Action

Shirehampton Action provides activities to improve the area of Shirehampton and the quality of life for the people who live, work, learn and play here. Activities include supporting young people, operating a community safety forum, supporting road safety initiatives, monitoring local planning applications, improving local green spaces, and creating community and climate action plans.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE PARISH OF SHIREHAMPTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.2. THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME3. THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH.

Area of benefit: SHIREHAMPTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£30k

Latest spending

£37k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £34,733 at the end of the financial year, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £20,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity is able to continue its activities and meet its debts as they fall due.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £35k)

“Shirehampton Action has a Reserves Policy, which states that where possible provision should be made to hold approximately the equivalent of 6 months revenue costs of the Forum as set out in the annual budget. This would be equivalent to around £20,000 based on our current outgoings.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Michelle Ann Silvestrechair
Kim Lee Tudor
Mark Richard Pummell
Mona Lisa Leena Lindell
Nicholas Peter Mortell

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£30k	£37k
31/03/2024	£29k	£36k
31/03/2023	£42k	£46k
31/03/2022	£51k	£32k
31/03/2021	£33k	£19k

Common questions

Is SHIREHAMPTON COMMUNITY ACTION FORUM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £34,733 at the end of the financial year, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £20,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity is able to continue its activities and meet its debts as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.