The Churn Community Hub Ltd

Registered charity 1124422 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHURN PROJECT LIMITED, THE CHURN NEIGHBOURHOOD PROJECT LIMITED

Neighbourhood and Community Project

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE AREA OF CIRENCESTER AND SURROUNDING VILLAGES BY ALL AND ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS 3:1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY/FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN SUCH WAYS AS MAYBE THOUGHT FIT 3:2 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT INCLUDING PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT OR TRAINING 3:4 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH,AGE,ILL HEALTH,DISABILITY,FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE 3:5 THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BY THE PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERING AND COMMNITY CAPACITY BUILDING 3:7 THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES 3:8 THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND/OR THOSE WHO, BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE OR INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES 3:9 THE PROVSION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE INCLUDING THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD PHYSCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES AND ADVICE.

Area of benefit: CIRENCESTER

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income surplus of £22,342 for the year, with total income rising to £579,108 and total expenditure at £556,766. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves increased to £110,841, which is above their stated policy target range of £63,000 to £106,000. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts comply with legal and accounting requirements without drawing attention to any matters of 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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

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 31/07/2023 (received 02/07/2024, 32 days after the 31/05/2024 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Churn Community Hub (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (79% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/06/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Sarah Groombridge · trustee of 1 other charity
• Crispin Dawe
• David George Sutherland
• Frances Rebecca Penny
• Marcus Scrivens
• Paul Styles
• Rosemary Lynn
• Simon Jones

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• TARVIN COMMUNITY CENTRE income £48k
• WALNEY COMMUNITY TRUST income £180k
• STAINLAND AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CHARITY income £33k
• NORTHBROOK COMMUNITY TRUST income £226k
• HARRATON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE income £68k
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Side by side with its peers

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