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The Meeting Place (Bookham)

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1192001
Status
Registered
Registered
Oct. 27, 2020
Legal form
Charitable company

Address

Address
Eastwick Road Church URC
Eastwick Road
Great Bookham
LEATHERHEAD
Surrey
KT23 4BE

Activities

We promote social inclusion in our community by running a Coffee Shop, English Language and Lip Reading classes. Our Telephone Befriending Service is part of the Anna Chaplaincy which offers Christian spiritual support to those over 65 on request. The Community Fridge aims to reduce food waste and has supported many facing hardship through redistribution of waste food during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Objects: 1. To Prevent Or Relieve Need, By Reason Of Youth, Age, Disability, Financial Hardship Or Other Disadvantage By Providing: Grants, Items And Services To Individuals In Need And/or Charities Or Other Organisations Working To Similar Principles And Purposes. 2. To Promote Social Inclusion For The Public Benefit By Preventing People From Becoming Socially Excluded, Relieving The Needs Of Those People Who Are Socially Excluded And Assisting Them To Integrate Into Society, In Accordance With Christian Principles. For The Purpose Of This Clause, ‘Socially Excluded’ Means Being Excluded From Society, Or Parts Of Society, As A Result Of One Of More Of The Following Factors: Financial Hardship; Youth Or Old Age; Ill Health (Physical Or Mental); Disability; Or Inability To Speak Or Understand English. 3. To Protect And Preserve The Environment For The Public Benefit, In Particular But Not Exclusively By The Promotion Of Waste Reduction And The Use Of Surplus Food.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
Disability, Environment/conservation/heritage, Other Charitable Purposes
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Surrey

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2025 £30,650 £36,216
Dec. 31, 2024 £28,879 £39,614
Dec. 31, 2023 £27,005 £29,062
Dec. 31, 2022 £22,545 £18,494
Dec. 31, 2021 £26,181 £13,890

Trustees

Name Appointed
Sally Helen Margaret Hibbert (Chair) Oct. 20, 2011
Anne-Marie Lewis Nov. 23, 2023
Clare Margaret Curran March 15, 2025
Dr David Norton Ryder March 14, 2020
Edna Susan Woodhouse March 12, 2019
Elaine Crutchley June 2, 2020
Kirsten Marie Hughes-Hallett March 15, 2025