BUCKHURST PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1144530 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WALCOT EAST & PARK NORTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, WE&PN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

The Centre actively promotes Cultural, Education and Leisure activities with actricive financial hire rates.The venue is also a popular venue for Socil events, with local families/residents; but all are welcome.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE TO:(A) PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NATIONALITY, AGE, DISABILITY, 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;(B) ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT, OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS;(C)PROMOTE SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED. THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION. THE AREA OF BENEFIT SHALL BE THE AREAS KNOWN AS WALCOT EAST AND PARK NORTH, SWINDON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Area of benefit: WALCOT EAST AND PARK NORTH, SWINDON 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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Swindon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£66k

Latest spending

£60k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £103,081.34, which is above the charity's stated policy target of maintaining funds equivalent to approximately 10 months of operational expenditure. The trustees report a healthy financial position with a surplus for the year, noting that income and expenditure decreased due to lower bookings.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately 10 months of operational expenditure (held: £103k)

“maintain unrestricted funds, which are free reserves of the Charity, at a level equates to approximately 10 months of operational expenditure.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Bhim Bahadur Punchair
David Malcolm Bell · trustee of 2 other charities
Fanxeil Fernandes
Francis Goes
Haribahadur Limbu
Maita Limbu
Ranjan Malla
Roy Stephen
Steve Allsop

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

Operates in: Swindon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£66k	£60k
31/03/2024	£43k	£24k
31/03/2023	£59k	£72k
31/03/2022	£43k	£24k
31/03/2021	£12k	£11k

Common questions

Is BUCKHURST PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £103,081.34, which is above the charity's stated policy target of maintaining funds equivalent to approximately 10 months of operational expenditure. The trustees report a healthy financial position with a surplus for the year, noting that income and expenditure decreased due to lower bookings. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£75k
YOUNG MANCHESTER	1	£13k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£3k
THE SCURRAH WAINWRIGHT CHARITY	1	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL LE BELFREY WITH ST CUTHBERT, YORK	1	£2k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STROUDEN PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

STROUDEN PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £56k
BOULTON LANE PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £26k
PARKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £170k
MOORCLOSE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £125k
BENCHILL COMMUNITY CENTRE income £369k
Catherine Beckett Community Centre income £89k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BUCKHURST PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE	£66k	—	above	—	no doubt
STROUDEN PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£56k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BOULTON LANE PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£26k	—	above	—	no doubt
PARKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£170k	—	above	—	no doubt
MOORCLOSE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£125k	—	below	—	no doubt
BENCHILL COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£369k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.