WEST FAVERSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Registered charity 1139228 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INVICTA COMMUNITY & LEISURE, WFCA
A Community Association providing facilities and services for the benefit people of Faversham, and the wider East Kent Area.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity's total unrestricted reserves decreased from £1,338,847 to £1,095,904 during the year, resulting in a net expenditure. The trustees note that the charity continues to face challenges due to reduced government and local authority funding, but assert that operating costs are now inline with revenue and that the organization remains a going concern with no material uncertainties.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: Employee who is daughter/step-daughter of Trustees
“During the year an employee (the daughter and step-daughter of Trustees) received a salary of £34,541 (2024: £29,349)” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Burgess Hodgson Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£180
Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (40% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (02/02/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- TREVOR ABRAMchair
- Alison Reynolds
- Carole Jackson
- GAY KAY
- JOANNE WINTLE-SMITH
- MARAGRET MARY ABRAM
- Pamela Ann Hoile
- Robert Crayford
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Kent
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WEST FAVERSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's total unrestricted reserves decreased from £1,338,847 to £1,095,904 during the year, resulting in a net expenditure. The trustees note that the charity continues to face challenges due to reduced government and local authority funding, but assert that operating costs are now inline with revenue and that the organization remains a going concern with no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Burgess Hodgson Audit Limited.
Who funds WEST FAVERSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WEST FAVERSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION, JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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