THE GUILDFORD WATERSIDE CENTRE

Registered charity 1110872 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To operate and develop the centre in an efficient and effective manner so that the member groups and other users of the centre can operate from it.

Objects

4.1 TO BENEFIT PERSONS OF ALL AGES WITHIN THE UK WITHOUT DISTINCTIONS OF SEX OR OFPOLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY:4.1.1 TAKING OVER THE OPERATION OF THE GUILDFORD WATERSIDE CENTRE ATRIVERSIDE, GUILDFORD, SURREY GUI 1LW ("CENTRE") INCLUDING THEASSETS AND CONTRACTS WITH STAFF AND ALL THE BENEFITS AND OBLIGATIONS OFTHE CENTRE;4.1.2 OPERATING THE CENTRE TO PROVIDE WATER ORIENTATED AND OTHER SPORTINGACTIVITIES, AND FOR MEETINGS, STORAGE OF EQUIPMENT AND OTHER FORMS OFLEISURE TIME OCCUPATION;4.1.3 EDUCATING AND ASSISTING PERSONS THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME SO AS TODEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAYGROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THATTHEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED;4.1.4 PROVIDING A RESOURCE AND THERAPY CENTRE FOR PEOPLE WITH MULTIPLESCLEROSIS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHERE A RANGE OF COST-EFFECTIVE THERAPIESAND COUNSELLING IS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF THECONDITION;4.1.5 PROVIDING INFORMATION, EDUCATION, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND PRACTICALHELP TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN THE FORM OFTRADITIONAL AND NATURAL THERAPIES;4.1.6 PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR INDIVIDUALSAND FAMILIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH A VIEW TOIMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE.4.2 TO PROVIDE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE SERVICES WHICH BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY ANDADVANCE EDUCATION, AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated entirely on a voluntary basis with no employees and no trustee remuneration. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £40,887 were maintained within the stated policy target range of £15,000 to £45,000, representing two to six months of cash expenditure. The charity reported a net outgoing of resources before transfers, with total incoming resources of £89,480 against total resources expended of £97,099.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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)

3 registered titles 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

• JAMES FREDERICK ROSSITERchair
• Calum Charles Shaw
• David Granville Kitching · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Chris Elliott
• Gillian Vance

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

Operates in: Surrey

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Charities like this

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

• WOODFORD WAR MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CENTRE income £125k
• PARKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £170k
• WATERSIDE COMMUNITY TRUST income £773k
• WATFORD WOMEN'S CENTRE income £575k
• THE PERSHORE RIVERSIDE CENTRE income £160k
• SUSTAINABILITY FIRST income £381k

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