HEDGECOCK COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD

Registered charity 1180699 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A charity providing a platform at the heart of Upney for all to use and hire. Engaging with community and facilitating services beneficial to Barking & Dagenham offering a range of educational, recreational, cultural and social opportunities. Enhance and improve the quality of life of the local community with particular emphasis on the most vulnerable.

Objects

TOFURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF LONGBRIDGE WARD IN BARKING AND DAGENHAM AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, 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: General Charitable Purposes · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Barking and Dagenham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £3,430 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £41,619. The trustees' report confirms the charity is in a stable financial position with prudent management safeguarding funds. A new reserves policy was adopted to maintain reserves equivalent to at least six months of core operating costs.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• 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).

• Heritage Fund — “#HeritageFund #HeritageIsOpen Thanks to #NationalLottery players” (source page)
• National Lottery — “#NationalLottery #HeritageFund #HeritageIsOpen Thanks to #NationalLottery players” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Nazir Alichair · trustee of 2 other charities
• MOHAMMED ALI HASSAN
• Monir Uddin Ahmad
• Somsul Islam
• TOJOMUL ALI

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• HAVELOCK COMMUNITY CENTRE income £89k
• NEW BARNET COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £84k
• EASTBROOK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £78k
• SEDBERGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £158k
• HAREGATE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £104k
• LONGHEATH COMMUNITY CARE AND CHURCH CENTRE income £37k

Side by side with its peers

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