CHELLS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 302349 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TIMEBRIDGE

The community centre runs a pre-school, a lunch club for the elderly, and a coffee bar is open during the day serving meals, drinks and snacks. The centre hires out a function room for the use of local clubs and organisations, and to the local family centre. The centre is a source of general information and advice.

Objects

TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE

Area of benefit: CHELLS AND 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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £85,240 to £70,154, resulting in a net movement in funds of £14,177 against total expenditure of £302,000. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. Total net assets stood at £104,868, comprising £70,154 in unrestricted funds and £34,714 in restricted funds.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alex Marshall
• Chloe Priest
• Emma Downes
• HELEN PRIEST
• Kim Harbord
• Paige Walsh
• Shaun Parker
• philippa groves

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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