MEADS (EASTBOURNE) COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1206558 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We aim to takeover operations at the Parish Hall, Meads, continue to offer it for the use of all, and repair and renovate it for the 21st century.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARETO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF MEADS (THE ELECTORAL WARD KNOWN ASMEADS, IN THE CONSTITUENCY OF EASTBOURNE, EAST SUSSEX) ANDNEIGHBOURING COMMUNITIES, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION,RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THESAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHERORGANISATIONS, CLUBS AND GROUPS, IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCEEDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FORRECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVINGTHE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OFTHE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE.

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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Registered contact address: Eastbourne, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported total income of £49,572 and total funds carried forward of £590,346 for the year ended 31 March 2026. The trustees state they are not aware of any material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Meads (Eastbourne) Community Centre (matched by registered charity number).

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 31/03/2025)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.5% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert Christopher Smart MA FCAchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANDREW MATHIESON WILLIAMS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Annalisa Bicknell
• Helen Marie Wallace
• Peter Graham Ellis

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

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• ANDREW MATHIESON WILLIAMS — trustee here and at THE WILLIAMS CHARITABLE TRUST

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PAXCROFT MEAD COMMUNITY CENTRE.

• PAXCROFT MEAD COMMUNITY CENTRE income £26k
• CHASE MEADOW COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD income £155k
• THE MEADS COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST income £32k
• EASTWOOD COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION income £44k
• THE METHUEN HALL (OR TOWN HALL) income £141k
• CAMBORNE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £141k

Side by side with its peers

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