HARWICH & DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1159697 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We run 2 community centre's in the Harwich & Dovercourt area, we have clubs that use our facilites 7 days a week and 52 weeks of the year. We provide premises to meet and greet, meetings, courses & dinner clubs at affordable prices

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF HARWICH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND DISTRICT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF GENDER OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS 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 AND SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ONE OR MORE COMMUNITY CENTRES AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF, SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CIO AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES 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.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £17,623 to £14,028 due to a net expenditure of £3,595 against total income of £80,208. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with cash at bank and in hand totaling £12,073.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN THURLOWchair
• Andrew Wells
• Dawn Hewitt

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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