PETERSFIELD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1179587 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To establish or secure the establishment of a community centre and to maintain ormanage or co-operate with any statutory authority in the maintenance andmanagement of such a centre for activities promoted by the charity in furtherance ofthe above objects.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF PETERSFIELD, HAMPSHIRE AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF GENDER, 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.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Hampshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£79k

Latest spending

£77k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £2,049 and unrestricted reserves of £140,630, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover one year's administration and support costs plus a project pool. The charity maintains a strong financial position with significant invested reserves averaging over 4% interest, allowing it to continue delivering its primary charitable function for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year’s administration, fund-raising and support costs plus a pool equal to 10% of average charitable expenditure (held: £141k)

“unrestricted reserves should be sufficient: a. To cover one year’s administration, fund-raising and support costs; b. To provide a pool equal to 10% of the average charitable expenditure over the preceding years from which funds can be designated to specific projects.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
Campaigns and political activity 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
Investment
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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

East Hampshire Community Lottery — “East Hampshire Community Lottery We are one of the 'good causes'. You can help us by playing the game. We get 50p of each £1 ticket you bu…” (source page)

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/10/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Michael William Parkchair
Beryl Smith
GARY MICHAEL BUTLER · trustee of 1 other charity
Nicholas Paul Spong
Noel Thomson
Robert Brown
Vincent Choi
Violet Agnes Park

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£79k	£77k
31/03/2024	£67k	£61k
31/03/2023	£65k	£86k
31/03/2022	£80k	£50k
31/03/2021	£46k	£43k

Common questions

Is PETERSFIELD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £2,049 and unrestricted reserves of £140,630, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover one year's administration and support costs plus a project pool. The charity maintains a strong financial position with significant invested reserves averaging over 4% interest, allowing it to continue delivering its primary charitable function for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ASDA FOUNDATION	1	£23k
Alex Ferry Foundation	1	£3k
THE MIDCOUNTIES CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY FUND	1	£2k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	1	£0

Charities like this

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

POLLYFIELD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £98k
PELSALL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £171k
PASTON AND GUNTHORPE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £56k
TITCHFIELD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £206k
HATFIELD PEVEREL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £113k
PARKLANDS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £60k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PETERSFIELD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION	£79k	—	above	—	no doubt
POLLYFIELD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£98k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PELSALL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£171k	—	within	—	no doubt
PASTON AND GUNTHORPE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£56k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TITCHFIELD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£206k	—	above	—	no doubt
HATFIELD PEVEREL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£113k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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