PRESTON ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1186725 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Preston Road Community Centre is situated in South Abingdon, and is available for use by various community group

Objects

(1)TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THAT PART OF ABINGDON, SOUTH OF THE RIVER OCK AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") 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 OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:(2)TO OPERATE PRESTON ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE) AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £8,654 for the year ended 30th April 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £145,440. The trustees report that the charity remains in a healthy financial position, supported by cash at bank rising to £143,858. However, progress on major capital works is dependent on ongoing lease negotiations with the landlord.

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 4 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• RAYMOND ARTHUR BALLchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alastair Charles Fear
• Dr Christopher Francis Palmer BSc, PhD
• Stephanie Ann Smith

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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