TOGETHER IN MATSON

Registered charity 1111554 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TIM

Together in Matson provides a place for our community to connect and socialise. A multi-purpose hub that offers different things for different people. We connect people from all walks of life and welcome people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds. We celebrate diversity so that people are valued for their own individual qualities, and we all socialise together.

Objects

3.1 TO PROVIDE A YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RELATED SERVICES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE COMMUNITY OF MATSON AND TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC FACILITIES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEED OF THEM BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.3.2 TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SUFFERING, UNEMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG THE COMMUNITY OF MATSON AND3.3 TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN MATSON INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, GUIDANCE AND ADVICE AND SO DOING TO PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND ADVANCE THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SOCIAL, SPIRITUAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE SO AS TO ASSIST THEM IN GROWING TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: COMMUNITY OF MATSON

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 · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gloucester, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £132,396 for the year, resulting in unrestricted funds dropping to £23,510. This figure is below the trustees' stated reserves policy target of keeping at least three months of general running costs and wages. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirm there are no material concerns about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• 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
• Internal risk management 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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 13/02/2026, 13 days after the 31/01/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Saunders
• CHRISTOPHER PAUL FLETCHER
• Ellis Jackson
• Helen Hicks
• MR MIKE MATTHEWS
• Rachel Dyer
• Rev Sarah Todd

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Out Together.

• Out Together income £87k
• TOGETHER LEICESTER income £35k
• Together Collective income £717k
• TOGETHER OUR COMMUNITY income £413k
• MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO MAIDSTONE LTD income £455k
• EQUALITY TOGETHER income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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