PAINTERS FORSTAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1180045 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Painters Forstal Community Association (PFCA) aims: to set up, provide and operate a community/village hall in the village of Painters Forstal in the parish of Ospringe, Kent; and, to organise and run events, activities or facilities of an educational, recreational, leisure-related, socially-enhancing, health-enhancing or similar nature.

Objects

(1) TO SET UP, PROVIDE AND OPERATE A COMMUNITY/VILLAGE HALL IN THE VILLAGE OF PAINTERS FORSTAL IN THE PARISH OF OSPRINGE; AND(2) TO ORGANISE AND RUN EVENTS, ACTIVITIES OR FACILITIES OF AN EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL, LEISURE-RELATED, SOCIALLY-ENHANCING, HEALTH-ENHANCING OR SIMILAR NATURE;IN EACH CASE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net deficit of £15,029 for the year, reducing total unrestricted funds. However, the charity holds significant restricted reserves of £780,758 and maintains a designated reserve of £15,250, with the Trustees confirming the entity is 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 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Painters Forstal Community Association (matched by registered charity number).

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): instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Jonathan Bennettchair
• ALASTAIR GREASON
• ALEXIS SHIONA BENNETT
• Clare Annand
• Glennis Bridge
• Helen Mary Goodwin
• Lucy Siobhan Medhurst
• Malcolm Whale
• Marian Mackins
• Philip Thomas Cornelius
• Rebecca Mary Towler
• Vivienne Bowman

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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