ROOKSDOWN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1174526 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Run community facilities, community groups and events.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE TO:(A) PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ROOKSDOWN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TOGETHER DEFINED BY PARISH BOUNDARY OF ROOKSDOWN (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;(B) ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT, OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS;(C) PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED. 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.

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Registered contact address: Basingstoke and Deane, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £15,625 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds to £213,354. The trustees state that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have adopted the going concern basis. The reserves policy is to reinvest any surplus into infrastructure rather than holding a specific monetary target.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 06/10/2026, 248 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2024 (received 12/08/2025, 193 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 11/10/2024, 254 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 29/01/2024, 363 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £138k. 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 (16/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (19/09/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAUL LOVETTchair
• Jo Colston
• Lucinda Streeter
• Michelle Biggs
• Sharon Cowdrey

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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