SHEFFORD TOWN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 300064 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STMA

During the year the Association has maintained it's place in the local community by encouraging such regular activities as bowls, cricket, junior football, snooker, tea dances, keep fit, carpet bowls and children's activities.

Objects

FOR THE PURPOSE OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAINING AND RECREATION AND SOCIAL, MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE THE MEDIUM OF READING AND RECREATION ROOMS, LIBRARY, LECTURES, CLASSES. PLAYINGFIELDS, RECREATION GROUNDS, RECREATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENTS OR OTHERWISE.

Area of benefit: SHEFFORD AND CHICKSANDS

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 · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £3,057 for the year ended 31 December 2025, bringing total funds to £1,461,127. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to ensure twelve months of current activities can continue in the event of a significant funding drop, and unrestricted general funds stood at £185,412. The filing confirms no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Declan Hennessey
• Graham Walker
• JACQUI SMITH
• Keith Springham
• Shefford Town Council · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sonia Anne Church

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHEFFIELD UNITED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

• SHEFFIELD UNITED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £2.5m
• SHEFFIELD AND HALLAMSHIRE COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.2m
• GOTHAM MEMORIAL HALL AND RECREATION GROUND TRUST income £154k
• DEBENHAM VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELD TRUST income £753k
• SALTFORD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £171k
• SHREWSBURY HOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £279k

Side by side with its peers

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