FRINTON-ON-SEA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 274134 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRINTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, FRINTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION PRE-SCHOOL GROUP

The activities to the charity are: Providing and managing a Community Centre within the Tendring District

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TENDRING DISTRICT (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR 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 (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY BODY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF, SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE ASSOCIATION AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: FRINTON-ON-SEA AND 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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Registered contact address: Tendring, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£169k
Latest spending
£179k
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £9,382 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £232,550 to £223,168. Unrestricted liquid reserves stood at £64,801, which the trustees consider adequate against a policy target of three to six months of expenditure. The charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six months of the expenditure (held: £65k)
“It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not comumitted or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the Association should be between three and six months of the expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Amounts owed by subsidiary Frinton Community Services Limited
“At the end of the period, the Association was owed by the company £12,523 (2023: £15,958).” — page 24
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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

FRINTON COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £5k
“Included in other creditors is an amount of £4,783 (2024: £2.61 1) due to Frinton Community Association, the parent charity.”

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£169k£179k
31/12/2023£163k£178k
31/12/2022£146k£108k
31/12/2021£92k£108k
31/12/2020£74k£91k

Common questions

Is FRINTON-ON-SEA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £9,382 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £232,550 to £223,168. Unrestricted liquid reserves stood at £64,801, which the trustees consider adequate against a policy target of three to six months of expenditure. The charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.