RINGWOOD AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 301929 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREYFRIARS, GREYFRIARS COMMUNITY CENTRE, RINGWOOD COMMUNITY CENTRE

Adult education classes including languages, art, craft, yoga, exercise, judo, dancing, lip reading, 20 clubs covering interests such as garden, antiques, travel, bridge, art, philately, disabled, blind, also youth and pre-school. Day schools in music, archaeology, history, astronomy. 100 affiliated organisations many of which meet at Greyfriars, social functions including quizzes, cinema, suppers

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF RINGWOOD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATION TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS 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 OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: RINGWOOD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 · Disability · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · 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 unrestricted funds total £1,389,582, which the Trustees describe as being maintained at a sustainable level to provide comfort for unplanned expenditure. The charity reports a satisfactory cash position and adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ringwood & District Community Association (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Patrick Meanychair
• David Jonathon Shering
• JULIAN TITT · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Kelvin Crichton · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARGARET ANN PEDERSEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL JOHN SMYTH OSBORNE
• Mary DeBoos
• Philip James West · trustee of 2 other charities
• ROWAN BENFORD BROCKHURST · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stephanie Alden · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Shared trustees with funders

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• MR ROWAN BENFORD BROCKHURST — trustee here and at THE FRIENDS OF GREYFRIARS
• MRS ANN PEDERSEN — trustee here and at THE FRIENDS OF GREYFRIARS
• Philip James West — trustee here and at THE FRIENDS OF GREYFRIARS

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAWBUSH AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

• HAWBUSH AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £36k
• THE WICKFORD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £186k
• CINDERFORD AREA NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE income £38k
• THE KINGSBOROUGH CENTRE income £1.5m
• WEST CORNFORTH AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £43k
• EARSDON AND WELLFIELD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £35k

Side by side with its peers

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