AVONMOUTH COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1151356 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACCA

ACCA manages Avonmouth Community Centre which provides accommodation for groups and activities run by local people, or for local people. It also directly delivers projects, events and activities for the benefit of local people.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: 4.1 TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF AVONMOUTH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 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; 4.2 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.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total funds of £446,928, with unrestricted general reserves of £20,600, which is slightly above the trustees' stated policy target of £21,000 (representing six months of basic operational costs). Despite receiving significant grant funding, including a £310,462 National Lottery award, the charity recorded a net income increase of £37,452 for the year, strengthening its overall financial position.

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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07960991

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.

• BENNETT, Claire Louise — director, appointed 12/09/2025on trustee list
• HAYWOOD, Sarah Ann — director, appointed 25/07/2025on trustee list
• CARTER, Rachel Catherine — director, appointed 17/01/2025on trustee list
• HASKELL, Rose — director, appointed 15/03/2024on trustee list
• GALE, Iglika Ann — director, appointed 27/09/2023on trustee list
• WINDSOR, John Alan — director, appointed 21/07/2022on trustee list
• WIELDING, Lynne — director, appointed 19/01/2016on trustee list
• MOLONEY, Carole Christine — director, appointed 27/05/2014on trustee list
• HADLEY, Judith Ann — director, appointed 22/02/2012on 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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/05/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JUDITH ANN HADLEYchair
• Carole Moloney
• Claire Louise Bennett
• Iglika Ann Gale
• John Alan Windsor
• Lynne Wielding
• Rachel Catherine Carter
• Rose Haskell
• Sarah Ann Haywood

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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