DERSINGHAM VILLAGE CENTRE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1178462 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DVCA

DVCA was formed to provide operational management of the new Dersingham Centre, scheduled to open to the Community in September 2018. The Charity will provide a service to the local and wider community to make the Centre available for classes, functions and a wide range of activities beneficial to the Community. Full information is given on the website dersinghamvillage centre.org.uk

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, 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. THE AREA OF BENEFIT SHALL BE THE BENEFICE OF DERSINGHAM, ANMER, INGOLDISTHORPE AND SHERNBORNE AND NEIGHBOURING MUNICIPAL PARISHES OF CASTLE RISING, HEACHAM, SANDRINGHAM, AND SNETTISHAM.

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 generated a surplus for the financial year, driven by income from activities, events, and lettings. The trustees maintain close control over spending to ensure financial stability despite facing expensive repairs to the sewage treatment plant.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Susan Paynechair
• ALEX COOMBS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Caroline Denise Chappell
• Coral Shepherd
• GEMMA WARD
• Mary Search
• Rosemary Martin
• Shirley Brooks

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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