COMMUNITY HALLS IN PARTNERSHIP

Registered charity 1163728 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HCC, HYTHE COMMUNITY CENTRE

Community Centre hall hire for the Colchester area. Based at the Hythe Community Centre, we are a community hub for other community centres in Colchester which ensures their sustainability.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE TO:(A) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE OPERATE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COLCHESTER BOROUGH AND ESSEX, 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:(B) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A FACILITY FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION.

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reports total incoming resources of £153,504 against total resources expended of £153,504, resulting in a net decrease in funds. The unrestricted reserves stood at £169,621 at the end of the year, which the trustees consider adequate to meet legal, financial, and operational obligations, including specific reserves for building maintenance and personnel costs.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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)

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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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/02/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANGUS KERRchair
• ANITA GREGORY
• Andrew Merz
• Carol Ann Gosden
• Lee Scordis
• Stephen Lee

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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• HALE COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD income £303k
• COTTINGLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE income £391k
• TINTINHULL COMMUNITY HALL income £92k
• MARTLESHAM COMMUNITY HALL income £57k
• BELPER COMMUNITY HALL income £27k
• SCAITCLIFFE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £108k

Side by side with its peers

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