MOULSHAM LODGE COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1161896 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MLCT

Our vision is to improve the life of residents in, Moulsham Lodge & Tile Kiln. These are our areas of benefit and represent an area that have been without facilities for a some time. We would like to help local residents make a positive change to their lifestyle by offering opportunities for educational, social and recreational activities for people of all ages and ethnic backgrounds.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF MOULSHAM LODGE 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 INTERESTS 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:3.1 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 INFURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS 3.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RETRAINING 3.3 TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chelmsford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a modest surplus of £634 for the year, with total income of £30,067 and total expenditure of £29,433. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £7,432, which is slightly above the stated policy target of approximately £7,350 (equivalent to three months of normal operating expenditure). The trustees consider the charity to be in a sound and financially sustainable position.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/11/2023 (received 23/10/2024, 23 days after the 30/09/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARK SPRINGETTchair
• COLIN BOOTH
• Jane Gutteridge
• Jenny Brown
• Joanne Baines · trustee of 1 other charity
• Manuel Ferreira Da Silva
• Margaret Carey

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DEESIDE COMMUNITY TRUST.

• DEESIDE COMMUNITY TRUST income £599k
• PELSALL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £171k
• WOOLWELL COMMUNITY RESOURCE TRUST income £415k
• LOCKLEAZE NEIGHBOURHOOD TRUST income £436k
• THE MERSTHAM VILLAGE TRUST income £41k
• THE MOSS SIDE AND HULME COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £356k

Side by side with its peers

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