MEADOW VALE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1169752 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

MV Community Centre provides a range of activities/events to improve the well being of all local residents and provide facilities in an area with none. Events include community fairs ,dog shows, retirement & youth clubs and for use by local groups. Major refurbishment of the existing building in 2018. Construction underway of a second larger building for use as a sports/activity hall due 9/22.

Objects

1) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, 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.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 AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS;2) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.THE CHARITY SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION. THE AREA OF BENEFIT SHALL BE THE MEADOW VALE ESTATE AND THE AREA WITHIN A 3 MILE RADIUS OF THE COMMUNITY CENTRE.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £25,698, which represents eight months of expenditure, meeting its policy target of six to nine months. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, noting that income and expenditure are under control.

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 5 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Anchor Society — “A new monthly lunch club for over 55s is launching at Meadow Vale Community Centre in July - made possible by funding from the Anchor Societ…” (source page)
• The Anchor Society — “A Strength and Mobility taster is being held at Meadow Vale Community Cafe on Monday 1 June - made possible by funding from The Anchor Socie…” (source page)
• Quartet — “Funded by Quartet, the club started last September after parents in the area asked for more local activities for primary aged pupils.” (source page)

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): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jim Curriechair
• Constance Garrett
• Elizabeth Shipsey
• FIONA RUSSELL
• LINDA IND
• Paulette Blake
• Robert David Hodgetts Mr
• Stephanie Mitchell
• Tim Pople

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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Side by side with its peers

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