BAMPTON RECREATION FIELD (OR RECREATION GROUND)

Registered charity 304259 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide play areas and sports facilities for the inhabitants of Bampton, Oxfordshire.

Objects

(1)THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF BAMPTON (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") RECREATIONAL FACILITIES OR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.(2) THE SAID LAND SHALL BE HELD UPON TRUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF A RECREATION GROUND AS AFORESAID.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF BAMPTON

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £610,493, comprising unrestricted, restricted, and endowment funds. The trustees confirm that sufficient levels of reserves exist to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months. The charity reported a net movement in funds of -£9,265 for the year, primarily due to depreciation charges and investment losses.

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 3 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 handling
• Complaints 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
• 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

• Bampton Parish Council

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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