FERNHURST RECREATION GROUND TRUST

Registered charity 1185601 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing sporting and recreational facilities for the local community with particular emphasis on younger members.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF FERNHURST, HASLEMERE, WEST SUSSEX AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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: Chichester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a net deficit of £22,759 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in total funds of £775,915. The Trustees consider the financial position to be healthy, noting that resources and insurance cover are adequate for current risks. The Trust relies on diverse income streams including grants, donations, and hire fees to support its recreational facilities.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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

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

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/02/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles Thomas Scottchair
• Graham Heath
• Heather Letita Ivy Bicknell
• Natalie Jane Owles
• Nicholas Charles Simmonds
• William Henry Gourlay

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 FILWOOD PLAYING FIELD TRUST.

• FILWOOD PLAYING FIELD TRUST income £104k
• FARNDON COMMUNITY TRUST income £179k
• THE DALTON-IN-FURNESS DISTRICT RECREATIONAL CHARITY TRUST income £28k
• HASTINGS AND ROTHER SPORTS TRUST income £360k
• KING GEORGE'S FIELD, WHITTLESFORD income £27k
• THE BATHURST PARK AND RECREATION GROUND income £103k

Side by side with its peers

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