EAST DONYLAND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION - ROWHEDGE - COLCHESTER

Registered charity 277146 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as E D C A, ROWHEDGE VILLAGE HALL

To maintain the village hall for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Parish of East Donyland

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE WHOLE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF EAST DONYLAND AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, SPORT, RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. B) TO MAINTAIN OR SECURE THE MAINTENANCE OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE ("HEREINAFTER CALLED THE VILLAGE HALL") AND TO MANAGE THE VILLAGE HALL OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A HALL FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE ASSOCIATION AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS. - THE ASSOCIATION SHALL HAVE POWER TO AFFILIATE TO THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS AND TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITH SIMILAR CHARITABLE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: EAST DONYLAND

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 reported a net deficit of £3,958 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing its total unrestricted funds from £169,022 to £165,064. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains unrestricted cash reserves of over £24,000, which exceeds its stated policy target of holding at least £15,000 in reserve at year-end to meet unforeseen expenditure.

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 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• SUSANNAH PURTELLchair
• DAVID RUSSELL
• David John Evans
• FRANK WARD
• JOHN ANDREWS
• John Robert Heddle
• Margaret Rousseau
• Melanie Chase
• Michael Holland

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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