NEEDHAM MARKET COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 279432 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Current Classifications - Education - Disability - Arts and Culture - Sport and Recreation - Genreal Charitable Purposes.Provides for - Children/Young people - Elderly/Old People - Disabilities and Special Needs - Other Charities/Volutary Bodies - General PublicProvides - Buildings - Facilities - Sports Areas - Open Spaces

Objects

A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF NEEDHAM MARKET AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE SEX OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR USE FOR AND OLD PEOPLE'S DAY CENTRE FOR THE RELIEF AND BENEFIT OF THE AGED AND FOR MEETING LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND FOR PURPOSES OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND TRAINING AND OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF NEEDHAM MARKET

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £1,912 for the year, primarily due to significant flood clearance costs. The trustees note that without existing reserves, the centre would have been forced to close while seeking alternative funding. The filing confirms that the charity maintains sufficient cash reserves to cover fixed costs and buffer against cash flow issues.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIAN EDWARD ANNIS OBEchair
• Louise Sabina MIlls
• Stephen Andrew Phillips · trustee of 2 other charities
• Susan Denise Osborn · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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