THE MEDWAY BADMINTON ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1187897 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's purpose is to promote the game of badminton and other athletic sports and pass times for the benefit of the public in the Medway Towns and surrounding district.The aim of our charity are to increase levels of participation in badminton both on and off the premises. We work closely with local schools, the NHS and with the Medway Council.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY, AND ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE GAME OF BADMINTON AND OTHER ATHLETIC SPORTS AND PASTIMES IN THE MEDWAY TOWNS AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT

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 reported a net deficit of £28,377 for the year ended 30 April 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £232,832 to £204,455. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to meet future working capital requirements and maintain the going concern basis of accounting. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01755572

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CARTER, Leighton Benjamin — director, appointed 01/09/2025not on trustee list
• FRANKS, Graham John — director, appointed 03/09/2024not on trustee list
• MEINERTZHAGEN-WILSON, Nicholas William — director, appointed 09/07/2019on trustee list
• STRUTHERS, Graeme Thomas — director, appointed 11/07/2017on trustee list
• PICARIELLO, Anthony John — director, appointed 11/07/2017on trustee list
• ROGERS, Kevin — director, appointed 11/07/2017on trustee list
• SPRING, Christine — director, appointed 10/07/2007on trustee list
• ATHAWES, Hilary Teresa Joan — director, appointed 16/07/2002on trustee list
• STRUTHERS, Graeme — secretary, appointed 11/12/2021

Official officers record.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christine Springchair
• Anthony John Picariello
• Graeme Thomas Struthers
• Hilary Teresa Joan Athawes
• Kevin Rogers
• NICHOLAS WILLIAM MEINERTZHAGEN-WILSON
• Vance Stephen Young

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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