HIGHCLIFFE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1189336 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objectives of Highcliffe Community Association CIO are to promote recreation and leisure time activities for the inhabitants of Highcliffe and the surrounding area of East Dorset and The New Forest.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £1,855 for the year ended 30 April 2025, primarily due to unrestricted expenditure exceeding unrestricted income. However, the charity holds significant unrestricted reserves of £138,065 and unrestricted current assets of £1,005,200, indicating strong liquidity. The filing notes that the charity is financially self-funding and run by volunteers.

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.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~19.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/01/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barbara Rose Thacker
• Dr Thelma Jane Price
• Gordon Mumford
• Graham John Moss
• Janet Davies
• Janice Olive Hollowell
• Jonathan Andrew Dunn
• Leslie Graeme Stringer
• Lynda Christine Carol Lash
• Pauline Pegram · trustee of 1 other charity
• Seonaid Phillips

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire

Income and spending

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