GERRARDS CROSS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1208327 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the well being of the Community resident in the Parish of Gerrards Cross, in a common effort to further health, to advance education, to provide a meeting place and facilities for physical and mental training and recreation and social, moral and intellectual development and to foster a community spirit.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ESTABLISH MAINTAIN AND MANAGE A COMMUNITY CENTRE WHICH SHALL BE A WAR MEMORIAL TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF PARISH OF GERRARDS CROSS IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND ITS IMMEDIATE 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.

Causes: Education/training · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £50,397 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £451,634 to £401,237. The trustees note that cash balances fell to £40,831 and acknowledge that short-term liquid assets were below their stated target of £50,000, but express confidence in building reserves due to forecast expense reductions and increased rental revenue.

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.

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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: GERRARDS CROSS COMMUNITY SERVICES LTD Companies House 02583158

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (61% 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: 31.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Celia Stuart-Lee
• Christopher Rowe · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Guy Hearn
• Jaswinder Singh Kudhail
• Marcia Rosalind Bell · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Hertfordshire · Hillingdon · Slough · Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES GERRARDS CROSS WITH ST JAMES FULMER.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES GERRARDS CROSS WITH ST JAMES FULMER income £1.1m
• COMMUNITY OF THE HOLY CROSS income £408k
• Calthorpe Community Garden income £476k
• ALLEN'S CROSS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £178k
• GREENSTEAD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £143k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE ABBEY CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS PERSHORE income £340k

Side by side with its peers

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