HARDWAY ELSON & DISTRICTS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1189009 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEDCA

Our activities include: Providing rooms for the Hampshire Council sponsored Pre-School Group, along with assisting local Charity Groups and providing a safe & welcoming space for use by our local community.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO:(A) PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF HARDWAY, ELSON AND NEIGHBOURING DISTRICTS ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NATIONALITY, AGE, DISABILITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY 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 SAID INHABITANTS;(B) ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT, OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE ("THE CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS; AND(C) PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE NON PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON SECTARIAN IN RELIGION.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 incurred a net expenditure of £35,717 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £135,099 to £99,382. Per the trustees' report, the charity operates a defined benefit pension scheme, although Note 11 discloses a defined contribution scheme with costs of £2,204. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Wagstaff
• Gary Jeffery
• Ronald Ian Jeffery

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TELFORD AND WREKIN COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE.

• TELFORD AND WREKIN COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £962k
• SWANSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £230k
• THE AYLESHAM AND SNOWDOWN SOCIAL WELFARE SCHEME income £207k
• ISLINGTON MUSIC WORKSHOP LIMITED income £288k
• WHEATLEY HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £336k
• THE EDLINGTON HILL TOP CENTRE ASSOCIATES income £208k

Side by side with its peers

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