POLEGATE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 305293 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sport/recreation/provides buildings/facilities/open space

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF POLEGATE, EAST SUSSEX AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS 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 CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE OR 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.

Area of benefit: POLEGATE, SUSSEX, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 incurred a net outgoing of resources of £62,428 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £223,704 to £174,277. The trustees report that there are no funds in deficit, and the independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts accorded with those records. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £47,842 and designated funds of £123,434, with no stated reserves policy target provided in the document.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• PATRICIA ELLEN PAYNEchair
• Brian Watkinson
• Desmond Colin Alder
• Diana Pierce
• Eileen Dorothy Coleman
• Elizabeth Morrish
• Joan Shoesmith
• John Hollingworth
• Lesley Mallett
• PHILIP CHARLES COLEMAN
• Sarah Louise Cotsford Bond
• Stephen Pett
• Susan Hitchen
• WENDY ROGERS

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).