RECREATION GROUND

Registered charity 305069 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LALEHAM RECREATION GROUND CTTEE

Sport recreation

Objects

A RECREATION GROUND, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF LALEHAM.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF LALEHAM (AS IN 1923)

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

£102k

Latest spending

£93k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £44,762, while total net assets were £425,939, comprising significant restricted funds of £381,177. The trustees maintain a policy of keeping a balance of not less than £9,000 in the bank account to ensure liquidity, and the charity reports no debt. The financial position is described as having improved and consolidated throughout the year.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: not less than £9,000 in the bank account (held: £45k)

“intends to maintain a balance of not less than £9,000 in the bank account.”

Per its FY2024 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

COLIN STUART SQUIRE · trustee of 4 other charities
David O'Malley
Geoffrey Want
Matthew Calvert · trustee of 1 other charity
Mavis Duncan · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard Stokes · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£102k	£93k
31/12/2024	£92k	£83k
31/12/2023	£93k	£83k
31/12/2022	£109k	£109k
31/12/2021	£75k	£74k

Common questions

Is RECREATION GROUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £44,762, while total net assets were £425,939, comprising significant restricted funds of £381,177. The trustees maintain a policy of keeping a balance of not less than £9,000 in the bank account to ensure liquidity, and the charity reports no debt. The financial position is described as having improved and consolidated throughout the year. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.