RINGWOOD MEETING HOUSE ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 288453 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Local heritage centre, local history centre.We open for plays, musicand sell tea/coffee every morning

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE MEETING HOUSE AT RINGWOOD IN HAMPSHIRE AS A BUILDING OF HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST WHICH SHOULD BE RETAINED FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.

Area of benefit: RINGWOOD.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: New Forest, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £26,177 for the year, reducing total funds from £254,117 to £227,940. Per the trustees' report, the building and maintenance costs were largely funded by specific grants, including £513,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The charity holds significant unrestricted funds (£226,136) against current liabilities of £4,138, indicating strong liquidity despite the annual deficit.

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 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Heritage Lottery Fund — “Grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund and other generous benefactors enabled the total restoration of the building in 2011.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ELEANOR ABRAMSchair
• Alison Elizabeth Mary Davis · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrea Rix
• DAVID MICHAEL HOSKINS
• JANET ALISON RAMDAYAH REYNOLDS
• Joanne Brooks
• John Charles Harold Taylor
• KEITH ADAMS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Laura Davy
• Susan Margaret Thurston

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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