NORTHAMPTON ABINGTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1151292 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABINGTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

The Charity runs a Community Centre in the Abington Council Estate in the Headlands Parish of Northampton Town and West Northamptonshire Council's. The Centre is open as required. The users vary, but tend to be concentrated to the needs of the elderly. The centre has some directly managed activities, some activities run by Sections, and many activities run by regular and one-off hirers.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: 1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE ABINGTON DISTRICT OF NORTHAMPTON 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;2) TO 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) 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 THE ABINGTON DISTRICT OF NORTHAMPTON.

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 achieved its first true surplus in many years for the period ended 31 March 2025, having previously used reserves to cover costs. The trustees report that the financial position is reasonably healthy with sufficient reserves to carry the organization through, although they note that past trends saw outgoings exceed incomes.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08391210

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.

• FEATLEY, Colin Eric — director, appointed 02/06/2025on trustee list
• SMITH, Rebecca — director, appointed 24/05/2022on trustee list
• BROWN, Martin Edward James — director, appointed 11/03/2020on trustee list
• SKINNER, Anthony Richard — director, appointed 06/02/2013not on trustee list
• SKINNER, Anthony Richard — secretary, appointed 06/02/2013

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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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/05/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colin Eric Featley
• MARTIN EDWARD JAMES BROWN
• Rebecca Smith
• TONY SKINNER

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

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