TARVIN COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 506560 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide facilities for village organisations and village members for social and society activities

Objects

TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF TARVIN WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF TARVIN

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
£48k
Latest spending
£35k
Registered
1978
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £13,381 for the year, with total income of £48,360 and expenditure of £34,979. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds net current assets of £28,955, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £10,000 for a contingency reserve.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Lettings (81% of income)
“income for the year totalled £48,360, of which £39,146 came from lettings”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one quarter’s running costs (approximately £10,000) (held: £29k)
“The Committee aims to hold a contingency reserve equal to one quarter’s running costs (approximately £10,000).”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Tarvin Parish Council is entitled to nominate a representative to serve as a trustee.
“Tarvin Parish Council is entitled to nominate a representative to serve as a trustee, as is any organisation in the area of benefit or an adjoining parish which is a user of the Community Centre.”
“The charity’s landlord is Cheshire West and Chester Council. That part of the building not occupied by the charity is leased to the NHS.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity's landlord is Cheshire West and Chester Council.
“Tarvin Parish Council is entitled to nominate a representative to serve as a trustee, as is any organisation in the area of benefit or an adjoining parish which is a user of the Community Centre.”
“The charity’s landlord is Cheshire West and Chester Council. That part of the building not occupied by the charity is leased to the NHS.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£48k£35k
31/03/2025£59k£142k
31/03/2024£44k£34k
31/03/2023£46k£43k
31/03/2022£49k£27k

Common questions

Is TARVIN COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £13,381 for the year, with total income of £48,360 and expenditure of £34,979. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds net current assets of £28,955, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £10,000 for a contingency reserve. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/09/2021£2kTable Tennis Club