WRITTLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 301445 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Administer The Beryl Platt Centre, Writtle for the benefit of the inhabitants of Writtle

Objects

COMMUNITY CENTRE

Area of benefit: PARISH OF WRITTLE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

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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Latest income
£54k
Latest spending
£58k
Registered
1970
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £4,087.21 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Per the trustees' report, the financial position is described as very good, with £12,500 held in reserves. The charity's principal sources of funds are identified as hirers of the hall.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £250 pm towards the cost of repairs and maintenance to the building (held: £13k)
“The Charity save £250 pm towards the cost of repairs and maintenance to the building”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£54k£58k
31/12/2024£60k£54k
31/12/2023£57k£49k
31/12/2022£60k£53k
31/12/2021£57k£45k

Common questions

Is WRITTLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £4,087.21 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Per the trustees' report, the financial position is described as very good, with £12,500 held in reserves. The charity's principal sources of funds are identified as hirers of the hall. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/12/2022£6kAir Conditioning