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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £589,390 following the transfer of restricted renovation funds to the general fund. The charity reports satisfactory hall bookings and notes that while fabric repairs are complete, ongoing maintenance issues will require suitable reserves in future years. No material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations are disclosed.

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.

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

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

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

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).