WOOTTON COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1184542 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community Centre

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF WOOTTON, BEDFORD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, 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.

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Registered contact address: Bedford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Centre has maximised its letting capacity and remains fully operational, including the use of football pitches and conference facilities. The trustees report that the site is clean and safe for customers and that the organization continues to provide activities for the village.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gerald Bygraves
• Grantly Markland
• James Sharpe
• Paul Quinton
• Victoria Gibbons

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

Operates in: Bedford

Income and spending

Common questions

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

• CARLTON COLVILLE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £32k
• WOLSTON LEISURE AND COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST income £158k
• MOORCLOSE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £125k
• WOODHAM VILLAGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £37k
• WOODHALL FARM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £99k
• WATTISFIELD COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUND income £61k

Side by side with its peers

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