DENMEAD COMMUNITY CENTRE CIO

Registered charity 1200225 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Denmead Community Centre is Denmead's most treasured asset which provides accommodation over 7 rentable rooms and 3 offices for over 40 active community groups including a pre-school, Denmead Brass Band, Southern Arts which includes the national under 13 Ballet team. It also provides a weekly lunch club for the elderly catered for by volunteers and monthly film night / quiz nights.

Objects

(A) PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF DENMEAD AND SURROUNDING AREA 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) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME. (C) PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME SEE FIT.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £19,241 for the year ended December 31, 2024, with total receipts of £136,556 and payments of £117,315. Per the trustees' report, the charity has 4 employed staff and relies on volunteers, with room and equipment hire providing the majority of income. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert Starkchair
• Alison Jane Buckle
• Carole Ellis
• Derek Gilbert
• Ian Williams
• Robert Porter
• Sharon Stark

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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