ACACIA CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1156651 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To run the Acacia Community Centre for the benefit of the Residents of Annesley/Annesley Woodhouse, Notts. To provide radio and media training.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE SKILLS REQUIRED FOR RADIO BROADCASTING AND MEDIA COMMUNICATION ANDB) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF ANNESLEY WOODHOUSE, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £8,978 to £10,947, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The trustees report a reasonable year in income generation and note efforts to expand café operations and fill booking slots.

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
• Internal charity financial controls 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07178885 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• SMITH, Stephen Larry — director, appointed 20/11/2024on trustee list
• BATES, Leanne — director, appointed 28/03/2017on trustee list
• LOCKWOOD, Gary — director, appointed 23/08/2016on trustee list
• HAYFIELD, Shaun — director, appointed 14/04/2015on trustee list
• REAST, Susan — director, appointed 07/06/2011on 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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/03/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SUSAN REASTchair
• Gary Lockwood
• Leanne Bates
• Shaun Hayfield
• Stephen Smith

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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