OLD HEATH COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1135547 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide activities to promote the benefit and well being of Old Heath residents and to estab;ish and maintain the Community Centre.

Objects

(A)PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF OLD HEATH,COLCHESTER,ESSEX AND OTHERS IN THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD.(HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, 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 AND BY SUPPORTING OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS;(B) TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTRE IN FUTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: COLCHESTER,ESSEX

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £80,963 to £71,777 due to total payments exceeding income. The trustees report that the charity suffered from a drain on finances due to being overcharged for electricity, though this has been rectified. Despite the deficit for the year, the trustees deem reserves sufficient to continue operating.

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• FATHER RICHARDchair
• MARY BLANDON
• Zoe Frost

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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