LORDSWOOD RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1171985 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Run the Lordswood Community Centre, Sandpiper Road, Lordswood, Southampton, SO16 8FD for the benefit of the community in and near Lordswood.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE:1) PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LORDSWOOD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TOGETHER DEFINED BY THE WOODLAND OF LORDS WOOD TO THE NORTH AND WEST, COXFORD ROAD TO THE EAST AND LORDSHILL WAY TO THE SOUTH WITH THE ENCOMPASSMENT OF BEAULIEU CLOSE, PETWORTH GARDENS, COWDRAY CLOSE AND LONGLEAT GARDENS (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS 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 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 (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN COOPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an annual surplus of £15,191.35 for the year ending 31 March 2025, increasing its total cash reserves to £116,358.14. The trustees report that they have accumulated a reasonable surplus from income and grants, which has been used to apply for planning permission for a centre extension. The charity notes that it receives no subsidy from Southampton City Council and relies on grants, user fees, and past surpluses to fund operations and future improvements.

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 2 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
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/04/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (08/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Matthew Renyardchair
• Ann Patrica Waller
• Kay Broomfield
• Merengnage Nalin De Costa
• ROBERT JAMES MORRISON
• Rachel Davis · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Southampton City

Income and spending

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