BLUEHOUSE FARM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 265499 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide a community centre for the laindon / Basildon area and to assist local groups in fund raising and projects. We are also a venue for outside charities wishing to use our facilities to assist in their own projects.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LAINDON EAST AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TH PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO 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.

Area of benefit: LAINDON EAST AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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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Latest income
£337k
Latest spending
£368k
Registered
1973
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £10,982 for the year, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £310,250. The reserves policy aims to maintain levels covering repairs and refurbishment costs for the community centre. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Activities to generate funds
“Activities to generate funds 39,871” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: to cover repairs and refurbishment costs for the community centre (held: £310k)
“It is the policy of the charity to mainiain the reserves at a level to cover repairs and refurbishment costs for the community centre.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Bluehouse Farm Community Centre Limited
“Investment in the ordinary shares of Bluehouse Farm Community Centre Ltd 100 100”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Corporate structure

BLUEHOUSE FARM COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Amounts owed to participating interests: £185,564

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£337k£368k
31/12/2024£308k£360k
31/12/2023£39k£10k
31/12/2022£257k£281k
31/12/2021£219k£218k

Common questions

Is BLUEHOUSE FARM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £10,982 for the year, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £310,250. The reserves policy aims to maintain levels covering repairs and refurbishment costs for the community centre. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£8k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRIGHTLINGSEA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BLUEHOUSE FARM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£337k—0unclear—no doubt
BRIGHTLINGSEA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£259k—0unclear—no doubt
LOVE'S FARM COMMUNITY CENTRE CIO FY2025£138k—0unclear—no doubt
BADGER'S FARM AND OLIVER'S BATTERY RESIDENTS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£134k—0above—no doubt
COLD BARN FARM FY2025£111k—0unclear—no doubt
LLANI COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£112k—0below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.