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DRUITT HALL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1157590 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To maintain and improve Druitt Hall for the benefit of residents, facilitating activities at the hall for recreation, health and fitness, education, leisure time occupation, community meetings, with the objective of improving the quality of life of the residents.

Objects

To further the welfare of, or to benefit the residents of Christchurch Dorset and neighbouring areas, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political religious or other opinions, by associating together the said residents, and voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation, health and fitness, education, leisure time occupation, community meetings and activities, with the objective of improving the quality of life for residents and enhancing of community activities in the Christchurch Dorset town centre and High Street area. To properly and safely manage the existing Druitt Hall so as to keep maintained its fabric and facilities and keep it available to meet these objects. To improve its facilities as appropriate from time to time as funds may allow provided always that such operations have no detrimental effect upon the status, condition and use of Druitt Gardens.

Area of benefit: THE RESIDENTS OF CHRISTCHURCH DORSET AND NEIGHBOURING AREA

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 · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£31k
Latest spending
£15k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £68,187 at year-end, against a stated policy target of holding reserves equivalent to six months of operating costs. The accounts state that hire income remains the sole means by which operating costs are met, with total gross income of £31,318 and total payments of £14,654 resulting in a net surplus. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the preparation of the accounts or accounting records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months' operating costs (reserves figure: £68k)
“It remains the charity's policy to hold in reserve as a minimum, an amount equivalent to 6 months' operating costs.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 8

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 4

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Hampshire · Poole

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£31k£15k
31/12/2024£29k£12k
31/12/2023£33k£53k
31/12/2022£25k£21k
31/12/2021£24k£13k

Common questions

Is DRUITT HALL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £68,187 at year-end, against a stated policy target of holding reserves equivalent to six months of operating costs. The accounts state that hire income remains the sole means by which operating costs are met, with total gross income of £31,318 and total payments of £14,654 resulting in a net surplus. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the preparation of the accounts or accounting records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£20k
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DRAYTON VILLAGE HALL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DRUITT HALL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£31k——unclear—no doubt
DRAYTON VILLAGE HALL FY2025£334k—0unclear—no doubt
BRIDGNORTH COMMUNITY HALL FY2025£33k—0unclear—no doubt
TINTINHULL COMMUNITY HALL FY2025£92k—0unclear—no doubt
DARWIN HALL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£39k——unclear—no doubt
MANNINGFORD HALL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£30k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.