VELMORE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1147104 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VELMORE CENTRE

The company's objectives and activities are to work with the Velmore Church and the local community to open and operate the newly developed community building. The Building is run as a Community Centre.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY("THE OBJECTS")ARE TO: 3.1 PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, 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; 3.2 ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS; 3.3 TO 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 CHARITY SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION. THE AREA OF BENEFIT SHALL BE VELMORE ESTATE AND NORTH END COPSE IN THE BOROUGH OF EASTLEIGH. THIS AREA IS BOUNDED BY LEIGH ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH ROAD, CHESTNUT AVENUE AND THE M3.

Area of benefit: VELMORE ESTATE AND NORTH END COPSE IN THE BOROUGH OF EASTLEIGH

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: Eastleigh, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £1,766 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a fall in total income to £80,255. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £65,458, supported by a reserves policy that was reviewed and adjusted during the year. The charity remains financially stable with adequate cash resources and no material uncertainties regarding its continuation.

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 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW JOHN WATT · trustee of 1 other charity
• KATHLEEN HATCHETT
• LINDA ROSS
• Teresa Rosalie Martin

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Southampton City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CLEVELEYS COMMUNITY CHURCH AND CENTRE.

• CLEVELEYS COMMUNITY CHURCH AND CENTRE income £64k
• BELMONT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £102k
• CHEYLESMORE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £455k
• CWMAVON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £34k
• LITTLEMORE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £29k
• KELVEDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £25k

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