SEVERN CENTRE TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1138947 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community Centre, Library and recreational facilities, including sports fields, tennis courts and fitness suit.

Objects

5. The objects of the Charity are to carry out the following for the benefit of the community within the areas of Herefordshire, the Parish of Highley and the surrounding neighbourhoods, and such other areas as the Directors shall determine from time to time:(a) To provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare with the intention of improving the conditions of life of those using the facilities;(b) To organise events for recreation or leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare with the objects of improving the conditions of life of those engaging in them;(c) To relieve the needs of people who are elderly, sick or who have physical or mental disabilities, or who are from socially disadvantaged backgrounds through the provision of recreational and leisure time activities;(d) To promote and preserve good health amongst the population through exercise and sport;(e) To promote physical education and development amongst pupils and students of schools, colleges or establishments for the provision of further or higher education; (f) To advance education through the provision of libraries and other community and cultural facilities; and(g) To carry out any other charitable activity subject to the prior written consent of the Charity Commission for England and Wales,(“the Objects”).

Area of benefit: PARISH OF HIGHLEY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus on unrestricted funds for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total funds decreasing slightly from £1,995,598 to £1,944,557 due to a deficit in restricted funds. The trustees confirm that the organization is a going concern with sufficient budgeted income and reserves to continue operations. Unrestricted reserves stood at £75,265, which is above the stated minimum policy requirement of £60,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by McCabe Ford Williams. 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07219190 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CAMPION, William Joseph — director, appointed 09/12/2024on trustee list
• EDGINTON, Clare Elizabeth — director, appointed 01/02/2024on trustee list
• WHELAN, Owen Ross — director, appointed 01/02/2024on trustee list
• SALT, Mark Andrew William — director, appointed 25/04/2018on trustee list
• HUXLEY, Jonathan George — secretary, appointed 29/10/2020

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/10/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clare Edginton
• MARK ANDREW WILLIAM SALT
• Owen Ross Whelan
• WILLIAM JOSEPH CAMPION

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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