THE OCTAGON COMMUNITY CENTRE MALVERN

Registered charity 1197948 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF MALVERN BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO FURTHER HEALTH & ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES TO MEET THOSE ENDS.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT.TO FURTHER HEALTH TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £72,951.41 against total expenditure of £24,524.85, resulting in a positive financial position. The trustees report that the financial state is 'still good' and note that monetary assets stood at £49,868.26 at year-end. The charity has established a reserves policy targeting £4,000 to cover six months of operating costs.

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 3 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
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Malvern Community Kitchen (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Susan Jane Gormleychair
• DERHAM COOK
• Julia Needham
• Julie MacLusky
• Michael Robert Dawson
• Paul John Bailey
• Philip Bailey

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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