LAINDON COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1196020 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a charity based community centre serving the needs of the local community of Laindon, Langdon Hills and surrounding areas. We are home to Laindon Activity Centre and Laindon Community Centre.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF LAINDON & LANGDON HILLS AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, 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 OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

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 income of £32,197 for the year ended 30 November 2025, increasing its total unrestricted funds to £104,363. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity maintains a reserves policy to hold three months of trading costs, and the current unrestricted funds exceed this target.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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 (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carol Taylor
• Clark Manning
• Maxwell Aitkins

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DEYSBROOK VILLAGE CENTRE.

• DEYSBROOK VILLAGE CENTRE income £209k
• THE ABBEYFIELD SOUTH WEST SOCIETY LIMITED income £1.7m
• Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity income £13.3m
• EMMAUS MERSEYSIDE income £667k
• HAROLD HILL AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £177k
• LIDGET GREEN HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE income £110k

Side by side with its peers

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