CROSS-LINKS DOVER

Registered charity 1121295 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are an ecumenical fresh expression of church working in Dover, Kent with a particular focus on the Buckland estate. We provide a wide range of community based activities and services as part of a common effort alongside other agencies, groups and organisations to transform community.

Objects

THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE DOVER DISTRICT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE BUCKLAND ESTATE:A) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED TO SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN APPROPRIATE TRANSFERABLE SKILLS TO INCREASE A PERSON'S CHANCES OF GAINING EMPLOYMENT; ANDC) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENTS OF BELIEF OF THE UNITED REFORM CHURCH, THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, THE METHODIST CHURCH AND ANY OTHER CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN COMMUNION WITH THEM.

Area of benefit: THE DOVER DISTRICT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE BUCKLAND ESTATE.

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds increased to £32,487 by the end of the year, supported by a net current asset position of £28,242. The trustees report that operations are funded by grants and donations, with vital support from Dover District Council, and that the charity operates rent-free on a long lease.

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 4 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
• 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.

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 31/12/2022 (received 28/02/2024, 120 days after the 31/10/2023 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Katie House
• Kirsty Hawthorne
• Linda Beverton
• Maureen Humphreys
• Paul Anthony Jeff
• SAMUEL EDWARD WORRELL
• Stephen Callister

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DOVER VINEYARD CHURCH.

• DOVER VINEYARD CHURCH income £78k
• Crosslinks income £3.6m
• CROSSWAYS COMMUNITY CHURCH, KENT income £89k
• DOVER CULTURAL CENTRE LTD income £37k
• THE CROSSING CHURCH (METHODIST & UNITED REFORMED) income £181k
• COMMUNITY LINKS BROMLEY income £746k

Side by side with its peers

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