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ELSENHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1186436 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ECA

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ELSENHAM WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MEMORIAL HALL FOR THE USE OF ORGANISATIONS, CLUBS AND PRIVATE HIRE.TO HOLD EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO RAISE FUNDS - VILLAGE FETE, CHRISTMAS BAZAAR. TO FACILITATE THE PRODUCTION OF ELSENHAM NEWS(VILLAGE MAGAZINE).

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ESTABLISH AND RUN ELSENHAM MEMORIAL HALL AND TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF ELSENHAM ("AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER REASSIGNMENT, MARRIAGE OR CIVIL PARTNERSHIP, PREGNANCY OR MATERNITY, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS 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 CONDITIONS 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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Latest income
£39k
Latest spending
£47k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that reserves are held in a Saffron Building Society interest-bearing account, with approximately £30,600 held against a policy target of £20,000. The trustees report that hall bookings are healthy and that the charity has no outstanding commitments, indicating a stable financial position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £20,000 (held: £31k)
“Our Reserves Policy is to hold £20,000 in reserve.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£39k£47k
31/12/2024£54k£37k
31/12/2023£35k£57k
31/12/2022£28k£48k
31/12/2021£34k£25k

Common questions

Is ELSENHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that reserves are held in a Saffron Building Society interest-bearing account, with approximately £30,600 held against a policy target of £20,000. The trustees report that hall bookings are healthy and that the charity has no outstanding commitments, indicating a stable financial position. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/05/2026£2kLiving Willow Dome and Pollinator Friendly Planting
The National Lottery Community Fund02/07/2009£10kA makeover for a 1960 prefab hall