BRIGHTWELLS GOSTREY CENTRE

Registered charity 1176651 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide facilities and activities in the interest of the social welfare of the older inhabitants in the town of Farnham and the surrounding area. To run a community day centre to secure the same and to provide fresh wholesome meals to the said inhabitants of Farnham either at the Centre or in their homes through the Community Meals Service.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE TO(A) PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE OLDER INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF FARNHAM AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA ( HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS, IN A COMMON EFFORT TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE WITHIN THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS. (B) ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREIN AFTER 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.(C) PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

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 reported a net expenditure of £15,035 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds carried forward from £52,730 to £37,806. The trustees confirmed the charity is prepared on a going concern basis, citing sufficient resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future despite recent relocation costs. Total unrestricted reserves are held at £37,806.

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
• 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
• Risk management
• 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
• Volunteer management

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David John Gourlaychair
• Christian David Biggs
• Gareth Jex
• Philip Robertson
• Richard Graham Abbey

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WESTWAY COMMUNITY AND WELL BEING CENTRE.

• THE WESTWAY COMMUNITY AND WELL BEING CENTRE income £230k
• BRIGHTLINGSEA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £259k
• ABBEY COMMUNITY CENTRE income £490k
• KYFFIN PLACE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £358k
• FERRYSIDE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE GROUP income £105k
• ST MARYS CARE CENTRE income £162k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.