INGATESTONE & FRYERNING COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO

Registered charity 1161482 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IFCA CIO

Provides recreational and leisure facilities for use or hire at the Community Centre, Ingatestone and at Fryerning Parish Room.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO;(A) PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF INGATESTONE & FRYERNING AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TOGETHER DEFINED BY THE PARISH BOUNDARIES OF INGATESTONE & FRYERNING (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE ?AREA OF BENEFIT? WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND 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;(B) ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED ? THE CENTRE?) AND THE FRYERNING PARISH ROOM (FPR) AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE 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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Latest income

£215k

Latest spending

£198k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £16,492 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total income decreasing slightly to £214,609. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £173,455, which is above the stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£46,593), though significant planned expenditure exceeds the residual free reserves. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern and noted no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £173k)

“Our reserves policy states that we will always keep a minimum of three months' expenditure in free reserves”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 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 (29/03/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (29/03/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

LILIAN HUNTER BEMchair
Adrian Bonnett
Daniel Edward Parkinson
JENNIFER FOWLE
JOHN ANTHONY GALVIN MBE
PAUL WISBEY
Peter Batchelor OBE
Teresa Ravenscroft
Tom O'Connor

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£215k	£198k
30/09/2024	£222k	£158k
30/09/2023	£198k	£135k
30/09/2022	£159k	£129k
30/09/2021	£130k	£90k

Common questions

Is INGATESTONE & FRYERNING COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £16,492 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total income decreasing slightly to £214,609. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £173,455, which is above the stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£46,593), though significant planned expenditure exceeds the residual free reserves. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern and noted no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/03/2016	£10k	Refurbishment of Community Centre Kitchen

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION	1	£68k
THE NORTH WALES POLICE AND COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£150

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LANGTON GREEN COMMUNITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION LTD..

LANGTON GREEN COMMUNITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION LTD. income £272k
DEESIDE COMMUNITY TRUST income £599k
BIERLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LTD income £210k
NHANCED COMMUNITIES income £182k
HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED income £421k
AFGHAN EKTA CULTURAL/RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY CENTRE income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
INGATESTONE & FRYERNING COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO	£215k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LANGTON GREEN COMMUNITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION LTD. FY2025	£272k	—	above	—	no doubt
DEESIDE COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025	£599k	—	above	—	no doubt
BIERLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LTD FY2025	£210k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NHANCED COMMUNITIES FY2025	£182k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED FY2025	£421k	—	below	—	noted

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