THE MERSEA ISLAND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1179484 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MERSEA ISLAND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, MICA

Provides and manages a Community Centre in a building in the Centre of West Mersea. The Facilities are available to members of the public in West Mersea, East Mersea and the surrounding area. These facilities include Two Squash Courts, two halls which can be adapted to suit different activities, Kitchen, Bar with separate Lounge, Charity Shop and Fully fitted Gym.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(A) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE INHABITANTS OF MERSEA ISLAND, I.E. THAT WHOLE AREA WHICH INCLUDES EAST AND WEST MERSEA, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (“THE AREA OF BENEFIT”), WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID 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 SAID INHABITANTS.(B) TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE A COMMUNITY CENTRE OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CIO 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 unrestricted funds totalled £375,439 at year-end, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to three to six months of expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure of £19,760 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total fund balances from £420,636 to £400,876.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. 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.

• 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
• 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
• 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 (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/04/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIAN FRANCIS GEORGE BOLTONchair
• Dr Thomas Bernard Hart
• Fiona Rodwell
• Frances Thomas
• Gary Petley
• Jennifer A Lee
• Peter Tydie
• Robert M Jenkins
• Tarnya Carter
• WENDY ANN BOLTON

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRIGHTLINGSEA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

• BRIGHTLINGSEA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £259k
• MOORDOWN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £126k
• West Wight Sports and Community Centre Trust Ltd income £1.3m
• THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FOR WEST HAMPSTEAD income £146k
• BRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED income £164k
• WEST FAVERSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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