BURSLEDON & DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1149654 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCDA

To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Bursledon by associating the local authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide for recreation and leisure time and occupation and to establish or to secure the establishment of a community centre and to maintain and manage, such community centre for activities promoted by the Charity.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BURSLEDON AND THAT AREA OF THE PARISH OF HOUND, KNOWN AS OLD NETLEY, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VALUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. (B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £2,967 for the year, with total income of £69,872 against charitable expenditure of £66,905. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are currently below their policy target of three months' expenditure, though they aim to maintain sufficient funds to meet outgoing expenses. The charity is considered an ongoing concern with no material uncertainties identified by the independent examiner.

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
• 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
• 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

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/06/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Kate Martin
• Jennifer Ann Leeves · trustee of 2 other charities
• Louise Clare Blower
• Rachel Spanner
• Sally Frances Upton

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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