CASTLE HILL COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST

Registered charity 1178607 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity provides and maintains a Community Centre, for the use of the inhabitants of the North West of Ipswich and also for the wider community in the surrounding area. It includes use for meetings, lectures and classes over a broad range of interests, and for other forms of recreation and leisure-time occupations, It provides space for other charitable organisations including a nursery school

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF NORTH WEST IPSWICH 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 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 returned a surplus of £27,405 for the year ended 31st March 2025, having financed major repairs to its premises. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains firm financial control with a tight rein on expenditure and holds £85,000 in reserve funds. The trustees confirmed there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 handling
• Complaints 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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

• RAYMOND LESLIE BOGGISchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Chambers Mr
• Graham Smith
• Katherine Mary West
• Magdalena Chambers
• Maureen Patricia Grenfell
• RICHARD JOHN SKINNER

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

Operates in: Suffolk

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