CANFORD HEATH RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1178792 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRCA

We provide a Community Centre which comprises a Hall, Kitchen, and Meeting Rooms. A Members Bar is run by a Ltd Company, BH17 Community Club Ltd. The Hall is regularly used for groups such as Fitness Classes, Youth and Adult Dance Lessons, Ladies Badminton, a Youth Drama Group, Slimming World Sessions. Parties and Functions. We run a Community Fridge open to everyone.

Objects

(A) PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CANFORD HEATH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TOGETHER DEFINED BY THE GENERAL AREA WITHIN A 1.3 MILES (2.09KM) RADIUS OF THE COMMUNITY CENTRE (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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income surplus of £1,368 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £40,882. The Treasurer's report notes that strong revenue from hall hires helped maintain a healthy bank balance, despite higher-than-anticipated electricity and wage costs. The trustees confirm there are no material 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/11/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Neal Tuckerchair
• Anthony John Jacobs
• David Dick
• Jane Allison Lynham
• John Pawlowski
• Mark Garrett
• Terence Charles Adcock

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

Operates in: Poole

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).