WEST MEADS COMMUNITY CENTRE & ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 305338 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WEST MEADS COMMUNITY CENTRE

WE PROVIDE LEISURE & SOCIAL FACILITIES FOR RESIDENTS IN ALDWICK AND WEST MEADS. OFTEN PROVIDING THE ONLY CONTACT FOR SOME WITH THE REST OF SOCIETY. WE PROVIDE ARTS, CRAFTS, PATCHWORK & QUILTING, CARPET BOWLS, KEEP FIT, LINE DANCING, TAEKWONDO, BRIDGE CLUBS, SOCIAL CLUB, COFFEE MORNINGS & YOGA THE CENTRE IT IS WELL USED AND MUCH APPRECIATED BY THE RESIDENTS OF THE LOCAL AREA .

Objects

PROVISION OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND THEIR FRIENDS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS. IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE TO ASSIST SOMEONE (WHO MUST OTHERWISE BE QUALIFIED) WHO IS RESIDENT OUTSIDE THE AREA OF BENEFIT OR ONLY TEMPORARILY RESIDENT OUTSIDE THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: WEST MEADS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operational profit of £4,817 for the year ended 31st December 2025. Total reserves stood at £70,829, with £59,247 retained in a CCLA deposit account. The trustees confirm that the accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act and the accounts accorded with those records.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROL WISEMANchair
• Edward Whittle
• Margaret Allen
• PETER WAKEFORD
• Peter Boarer
• Peter York

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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