GREAT PARNDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1135946 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GPCA

To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Great Parndon and the surrounding neighbourhood by associating together the said inhabitants, local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and leisure activities.

Objects

4.1 TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GREAT PARNDON WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY 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;4.2 TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS;4.3 TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED. THE CHARITY SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION. THE AREA OF BENEFIT SHALL BE GREAT PARNDON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Area of benefit: GREAT PARNDON

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity returned a surplus for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted and designated funds amounting to £764,957. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future, citing sufficient budgeted income and expenditure levels relative to held reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Complaints 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/07/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN JONESchair
• Katy Parkin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mary Catherine Kerrigan
• Nicholas Jeffrey
• Peter James

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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