SINGLETON SPACES

Registered charity 1180577 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SINGLETON ENVIRONMENT CENTRE

We currently operate at the Singleton Environment Centre, Wesley School Road, Ashford, Kent,TN23 5LWThe charity exists to preserve, protect and improve the natural environment for the public benefit, in particular but not exclusively by promoting and supporting the creation and maintenance of green spaces through both example and education.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (‘THE OBJECTS’) TO BE CARRIED OUT IN SINGLETON AND THE NEIGHBOURING COMMUNITIES OF WASHFORD FARM, BRISLEY FARM, STANHOPE, CHILMINGTON GREEN AND GREAT CHART (‘THE AREA OF BENEFIT’) ARE: 1) THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING THE CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF GREEN SPACES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. 2) ADVANCING EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £44,130, which is below the stated policy target of three months' operating costs. The charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £2,238 for the year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding income.

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 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Singleton Spaces (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• S106 development funding — “This amazing achievement was made possible thanks to considerable S106 development funding, alongside fundraising from the Great Chart with …” (source page)
• Great Chart with Singleton Parish Council — “This amazing achievement was made possible thanks to considerable S106 development funding, alongside fundraising from the Great Chart with …” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MALCOLM GREGORY WIFFENchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• BARRY MERCER
• DARREN HANKS
• David John Foster Gathern
• PHILIP ROGERS
• Peter Walkden
• Steven Herring
• Susan Jane SMITH

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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