THE CHERITON ROAD SPORTS GROUND TRUST

Registered charity 1140010 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Development of the area known as The Cheriton Road Sports Ground. Operation of the Three Hills Sports Park.

Objects

(A) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF CRICKET, HOCKEY, NETBALL AND FOOTBALL; AND (B) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF FOLKESTONE AND THE SURROUNDINGAREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OFINDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE,INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCESOR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OFIMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: FOLKESTONE

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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Registered contact address: Folkestone and Hythe, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £209,981 for the year, reducing total funds from £6.2 million to £6.0 million. Unrestricted reserves stood at £391,031, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover approximately six months of expenses, although this represents a decrease from the previous year's £409,519. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention.

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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2024 (received 13/05/2025, 13 days after the 30/04/2025 due date); year ending 30/06/2022 (received 28/06/2023, 59 days after the 30/04/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2023)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alwyn Joseph Fernandes
• James Alexander Douse
• Joanna Krayenbrink
• Matthew Harris
• Neil Martin Bristow
• Robert Burke
• Stephen Shaw
• Tina Helen Eke
• Victoria Shelagh Baxter

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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