Chelmsford Garden Community Trust

Registered charity 1169335 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCT, BEAULIEU COMMUNITY TRUST, BEAULIEU COMMUNITY TRUST (BCT), CGCT

Chelmsford Garden Community Trust (CGCT), formally Beaulieu Community Trust (BCT), primarily exists to further or benefit the residents of Chelmsford Garden Community by working with those residents and local stakeholders in a common effort to develop and maintain an all-inclusive, healthy and vibrant community. A key role for the Trust is management of the Beaulieu Community Centre.

Objects

1. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF BEAULIEU, SPRINGFIELD AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF 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 AND 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: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 IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.2. TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves total £75,714, which exceeds the charity's stated policy target of six months of operating expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £22,487 for the year, indicating stable financial health and adequate resources to continue operations.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Beaulieu Community Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carroll Crumpen
• Helen Skinner
• IAN DAVID FULLER · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jonathan David SHARPIN
• MAXINE TALBOT
• Mark Arrowsmith

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 COLINDALE COMMUNITIES TRUST (CCT).

• COLINDALE COMMUNITIES TRUST (CCT) income £244k
• THE CMA WELFARE TRUST income £2.0m
• BILTON HALL COMMUNITY TRUST income £288k
• CHELMSFORD COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £466k
• EBBSFLEET GARDEN CITY TRUST income £332k
• Carleton Grange Trust income £194k

Side by side with its peers

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