THE CROFTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 301794 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CROFTON COMMUNITY CENTRE

The promotion of benefit for the inhabitants of Stubbington and Hill Head Wards of Fareham Borough Council in association with local autorities and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide recreation and leisure facilities.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE STUBBINGTON AND HILL HEAD WARDS OF THE FAREHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT"), WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, SEX, ABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.(B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE"), TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE CENTRE, AND TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY 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.(C) NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION.

Area of benefit: STUBBINGTON AND HILL HEAD WARDS OF FAREHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £20,425 for the year ended 28 February 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds decreasing to £415,119 from £435,544 the previous year. The trustees note that while the financial environment remains challenging due to inflation and rising costs, the organization maintains a strong position to support its transition to the new Crofton Community Hub.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• David Malcolm Lewis MBEchair
• ANN HAYES
• JOANNE HOLDEN
• Steve Murray

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 STRATTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

• STRATTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £28k
• CROFTON COMMUNITY CENTRE income £169k
• CROWBOROUGH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £197k
• FRODSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £153k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CROFTON, STUBBINGTON income £373k
• STOKE HAMMOND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £27k

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