WESTGATE COMMUNITY TRUST (CANTERBURY) LTD

Registered charity 1146677 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Saving from demolition the building known as The Westgate Hall, Canterbury Kent. Thereafter preserving, refurbishing and managing it for the benefit of the people of Canterbury as a community and arts centre.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1) THE PRESERVING, MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE BUILDING KNOWN AS THE WESTGATE HALL, CANTERBURY, KENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF CANTERBURY AND ITS DISTRICTS AS A COMMUNITY AND LEISURE CENTRE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF DISABILITY, SEX, COLOUR, RACE, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, AND INHABITANTS, IN A COMMON EFFORT TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF EDUCATION, SOCIAL WELFARE, RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF BUILDING COMMUNITY AND THEREBY IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE ABOVE INHABITANTS. 2) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID INHABITANTS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £1,926 for the year, reducing its total unrestricted funds from £426,566 to £424,640. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, citing ongoing regular income and a strong pipeline of bookings from various clients. The charity maintains a formal reserves policy aiming for three months of core operating costs and has opened a savings account to build financial resilience.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds 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 07867225 · 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.

• GILDROY, Sammy Jayne — director, appointed 17/07/2019on trustee list
• SIMMONDS, Katherine Rebecca — director, appointed 10/09/2018on trustee list
• MORIZET, Imogen Beatrice — director, appointed 26/11/2013on trustee list
• BROOKE, Jane Alison — director, appointed 22/05/2013on trustee list
• JACKSON, Lydia Ann — director, appointed 15/11/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Imogen Morizetchair
• Guy John Mayhew
• Jane Alison Brooke
• Katherine Rebecca Simmonds
• LYDIA JACKSON
• Morag Elizabeth Welham
• Sammy Jayne Gildroy
• Sarah Jane Wren

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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