SOUTHWATER AREA COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1105027 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hiring out of offices and Community Centre rooms

Objects

(I) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SOUTHWATER RENEWAL AREA AND SURROUNDING AREA 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 OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS. (II) TO 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 OF THESE OBJECTS. THE COMPANY SHALL BY NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION.

Area of benefit: FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE SOUTHWATER RENEWAL AREA AND SURROUNGING AREA.

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

Registered contact address: Hastings, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £80,185, exceeding the stated reserves policy target of £30,000 held in a designated fund. The charity reported a net income of £60,640 for the year, driven largely by restricted grant income, while total funds carried forward reached £102,125.

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.

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 risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Cooper
• Edit Farkas
• Nicholas Paul Terdre
• Nigel Colin Sinden

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SCAITCLIFFE COMMUNITY CENTRE.

• SCAITCLIFFE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £108k
• COMMUNITY SOUTHWARK income £1.4m
• NEW PASTURE LANE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £210k
• STAINLAND AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CHARITY income £33k
• THE CURLEW COMMUNITY CENTRE income £63k
• TOWNLEY MEMORIAL HALL income £119k

Side by side with its peers

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