WHITEHILL AND BORDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 287769 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOREST COMMUNITY CENTRE, W B C A, WBCA

To manage and promote facilities, services and events for the benefit of the residents of Whitehill & Bordon.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF WHITEHILL AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN 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 CONDITION OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE, AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STTUTORY AUTHORITY 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: THE PARISH OF WHITEHILL AND SURROUNDING AREA

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's total net assets are £7,412.74 as of March 31, 2025. The trustees' report notes financial challenges, stating the organisation needs to increase revenue to cover increasing running costs. Despite this, the centre is generating income through events, party bookings, and prospective leases.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• NIGEL WELCHchair
• Cliff Dean
• David Leach
• EILEEN GRINTER
• Elizabeth Eves
• Ian Garforth · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD BALCHIN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Budd
• WENDY GARFORTH

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WHITEHILL CHASE FOUNDATION.

• WHITEHILL CHASE FOUNDATION income £112k
• WHITEHILL & BORDON COMMUNITY TRUST income £183k
• WHITELEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £103k
• DEADWATER VALLEY TRUST income £245k
• WHITLEIGH COMMUNITY TRUST income £247k
• FOXHILL AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £135k

Side by side with its peers

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