DARTINGTON RECREATION ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1168817 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide or assist in the provision of land and play facilities for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Parish of Dartington and the surrounding area, for recreation, sport, swimming, education or other leisure time occupation of groups and individuals who have need of such facilities. Provision of football field, pool and playground for young children.

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF LAND AND FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF DARTINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND OF SUCH OTHER AREA OR AREAS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME RESOLVE TO INVITE, FOR RECREATION, SPORT, EDUCATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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 · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity expended £208,196 against income of £157,737, resulting in a net deficit for the period. The trustees note that adopting accruals accounting would have shown a break-even situation, and the charity held a closing balance of £36,647. The reserves policy targets retaining £22,000 to cover one year of running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery — “Supporters With thanks to The National Lottery” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/04/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dila Metino
• Gina Lane
• James Richard John Brittain
• Janet Elizabeth Maddick
• Michael Campbell
• Miles Davies
• Richard Mark Burton

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EAST DORSET LAWN TENNIS & CROQUET CLUB LIMITED.

• EAST DORSET LAWN TENNIS & CROQUET CLUB LIMITED income £548k
• THE DARTINGTON HALL TRUST income £12.9m
• DOLPHINS RECREATION CENTRE income £108k
• CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S PLAYGROUND AND PARISH RECREATION GROUND income £278k
• DARTFORD AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY income £149k
• DARTINGTON CATTLE BREEDING TRUST income £250k

Side by side with its peers

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