NEW WINDMILL HALL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1150748 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NWHCA

The charity runs the New Windmill Hall, Upminster which is available for use by the inhabitants of Upminster and surrounding areas for recreation and leisure time activities. These activities include wedding receptions,birthday and anniversary parties,ballet dancing, ballroom dancing and concerts etc. Local associations also use the hall for their regular meetings.

Objects

PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF UPMINISTER AND SURROUNDINGS (HEREINAFTER CALLED 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;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 PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE 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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Registered contact address: Havering, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year, primarily driven by exceptional historic costs totaling £19,027.81 for gas undercharging and rent uplifts. Despite this, the trustees note an underlying increase in income and remain focused on rebuilding reserves through prudent financial management. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £18,877 as of the year-end.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sara Routledgechair
• Chris Coughlan
• Evelyn Ashby
• Marzio Bettega
• Sandy Scott
• Yulia Gudkova

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

Operates in: Havering

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• WINDMILL HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £99k
• FRIENDS OF UPMINSTER WINDMILL income £52k
• WINDMILL HILL CITY FARM LIMITED income £2.8m
• DEDDINGTON WINDMILL COMMUNITY CENTRE income £52k
• UPHILL VILLAGE SOCIETY income £59k
• WOODBRIDGE COMMUNITY HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE income £48k

Side by side with its peers

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