THE COLDEN COMMON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 292438 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CCCA

Managing and maintaining the Community Centre to provide facilities, services and events to the local community.To provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants of Colden Common.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF COLDEN COMMON WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX,SEXUAL ORIENTATION,RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE INHABITANTS , LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS 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 ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE.

Area of benefit: COLDEN COMMON IN HAMPSHIRE

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 unrestricted reserves fell to £39,472, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £18,000 (three months of core staffing and operational costs at £6,000 pm). The charity reports being self-financing through hiring and fundraising, though it notes high utility costs and a significant net movement in funds due to capital projects.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian O'Neillchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hazel Helen Crosthwaite
• John Leslie Baden Pearce · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lionel Woolf
• Richard Charles Izard

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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