GADEBRIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1110831 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GADEBRIDGE ASSOCIATION, GCA

Gadebridge Community Centre provides 6 halls/rooms of varying sizes for many activities. A Creche (0 - 2 years) and Preschool (2 - 5 years) is available 50 weeks per year 07:30hrs to 18:00hrs Monday to Friday. A wide range of activities are enjoyed by all age, charity and community groups and we play an active part of being at the Centre of Gadebridge Community. Staff/Trustees are DBS reg'd

Objects

(I) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GADEBRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA DEFINED BY GADEBRIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT') 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 SAID INHABITANTS;(II) TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE 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.(III) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Area of benefit: GADEBRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING 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 · Disability · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Latest income

£97k

Latest spending

£101k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £95,733.23, having incurred an expenditure of £100,779.07 against income of £96,946.02. The trustees report a capable ability to foresee a continuing future and note that the organization manages costs prudently to maintain a minimum reserve fund target of 50% of costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 50% of our costs (held: £96k)

“consider it prudent to have a minimum reserve fund of 50% of our costs.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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

Claire Lorraine Patfield · trustee of 1 other charity
DAVID WOODARD · trustee of 3 other charities
Fiona Jane Geraghty · trustee of 1 other charity
Lee Jevon · trustee of 1 other charity
ROGER MARTIN TAYLOR · trustee of 1 other charity
Sue Woodard · trustee of 1 other charity
Susan Winifred GERAGHTY · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£97k	£101k
31/03/2024	£90k	£88k
31/03/2023	£83k	£61k
31/03/2022	£82k	£62k
31/03/2021	£76k	£61k

Common questions

Is GADEBRIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £95,733.23, having incurred an expenditure of £100,779.07 against income of £96,946.02. The trustees report a capable ability to foresee a continuing future and note that the organization manages costs prudently to maintain a minimum reserve fund target of 50% of costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.