DOUAI PARK RECREATION ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1136464 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the conditions of life for members of the community, a recreation ground, playing field and sports facilities and the encouragement of the playing of sport, in order to provide healthy recreation particularly for the benefit of the residents of West Berkshire.

Objects

TO PROVIDE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, A RECREATION GROUND, PLAYING FIELD AND SPORTS FACILITIES AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE PLAYING OF SPORT, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE HEALTHY RECREATION PARTICULARLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF WEST BERKSHIRE

Area of benefit: WEST BERKSHIRE

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 the charity achieved a surplus of £4,507 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a deficit of £15,018 in the previous year. The trustees report that regular bookings and events make the financial position sustainable, with cost savings achieved particularly in energy. The charity holds unrestricted reserves (bank, debtors, and cash) totaling £32,345 as of 31 March 2025.

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
• 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Douai Park Recreation Association (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID HOWE
• JACK LOVELL
• Pauline Ivy Matchwick · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD MORRIS
• Simon Attwood
• Steve Bates

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

Operates in: West Berkshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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