SEATON SLUICE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1134674 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Seaton Sluice Community Association own and manage the local Community Centre offering a range of rooms for hire by Community groups and local people. They provide social & leisure activities and educational courses. Activities are varied and for all ages. They iclude: Parent & Toddlers, Gardening, Painting, Embroidery,Yoga, Craft Club, Woodworking, Choir, Ukelele, History Society and more.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SEATON SLUICE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 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 THE SAID INHABITANTS. TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME. TO BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECRETARIAN IN RELIGION.

Area of benefit: SEATON SLUICE

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £216,260 and total funds of £239,260 as of 31 January 2025, representing a significant increase from the previous year's £155,387. The trustees report that the reserves policy emphasizes maintaining financial stability to cover potential liabilities and support ongoing activities, noting that the current balance is viewed as the best balance between prudent management and resource use.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £65k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALISON Marjorie THOMAS
• Claire Elizabeth Mitchell
• Don Atha
• ELIZABETH Marina VUYK
• Elaine Kilroy
• Frances Marian Free

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

Operates in: Northumberland

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).