MARSHLAND ST JAMES & DISTRICT COMMUNITY & SPORTS CENTRE

Registered charity 1155766 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MDCSC

Charity was formed to provide a new community and sports centre for Marshland St James and district.Applications have been successful to the Big Lottery reaching communities . The new building was opened for public use by hiring the facilities, attending fund raising events and attending free community events in February 2018

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR SPORTS, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS, ANDTO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNITY AND SPORTS 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 CIO SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION. THE AREA OF BENEFIT ("AREA OF BENEFIT") SHALL BE PARISH OF MARSHLAND ST JAMES AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity determined its policy for holding reserves during the year, which has now come into play during a normal trading year. The trustees report that the Community Centre is a success with increased usage and bookings, supported by essential volunteer contributions. No financial figures, reserves balances, or audit opinions are provided in the submitted document.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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
• Volunteer management

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 (20/07/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian Winston Charles Long
• DAVID GATHERCOLE
• JOHN ASKEW
• Jeremy Robert Wilkinson
• Joshua John Green Mr
• Neil Leslie Watson
• Timothy Ian Jones

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Norfolk

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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