HIGHER DENHAM COMMUNITY CIO

Registered charity 1163577 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HDC CIO

Local community charity acting for the benefit of local residents of Higher Denham including overseeing and maintaining the community hall and the community playing field, organising community events and acting as a conduit between the local community and the parish and district councils and other organisations.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE TO:A)PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NATIONALITY, AGE, DISABILITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS 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;B)PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a small operating profit of £1,917 for the year, supported by significant unrestricted reserves totaling £1,091,517. The trustees report highlights ongoing community engagement and the successful progression of a new hall building project, which has attracted substantial donations and interest income.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~18.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/07/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Susan Emma Doverchair
• David Ward
• Elizabeth Mary Clarke
• Georgia Dover
• Jack Darren Hall
• Peter Bryant
• Sara Hall

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HIGHER FOLDS COMMUNITY CENTRE (LEIGH) LIMITED.

• HIGHER FOLDS COMMUNITY CENTRE (LEIGH) LIMITED income £282k
• CLAYGATE VILLAGE HALL ASSOCIATION income £117k
• SOUTHDENE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £229k
• DEBENHAM VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELD TRUST income £753k
• HILTINGBURY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £122k
• THE CHITTLEHAMPTON VILLAGE HALL income £25k

Side by side with its peers

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