THE LAVERTON INSTITUTE

Registered charity 270325 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision and maintenance of a Community Centre for the use of the inhabitants of the town of Westbury without distinction of political, religious or other opinions, including use for meetings, lectures or classes, and for other forms of recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the condition of the life of the said inhabitants.

Objects

PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF WESTBURY WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES OR CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF THE LIFE FOT THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF WESTBURY (AS IN 1886)

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with net liabilities of £5,555, indicating negative net assets. The charity relies on Westbury Town Council for maintenance and funding, with no corresponding endowment fund disclosed. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters requiring attention were identified during the examination.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• WESTBURY TOWN COUNCIL

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEIGH PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE (WESTBURY).

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Side by side with its peers

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