# RINGWOOD AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 301929
- **Other names:** RINGWOOD COMMUNITY CENTRE, GREYFRIARS, GREYFRIARS COMMUNITY CENTRE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Sept. 6, 1962
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=301929


## Contact

- **Address:** RINGWOOD DISTRICT COMMUNITY, ASSOCIATION, GREYFRIARS COMMUNITY CENTRE, 44 CHRISTCHURCH ROAD, RINGWOOD
- **Postcode:** BH24 1DW
- **Phone:** 01425472613
- **Email:** office@greyfriarsringwood.org.uk
- **Website:** www.greyfriarsringwood.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF RINGWOOD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATION TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS 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 OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

**Activities:** Adult education classes including languages, art, craft, yoga, exercise, judo, dancing, lip reading, 20 clubs covering interests such as garden, antiques, travel, bridge, art, philately, disabled, blind, also youth and pre-school. Day schools in music, archaeology, history, astronomy. 100 affiliated organisations many of which meet at Greyfriars, social functions including quizzes, cinema, suppers

**Area of benefit:** RINGWOOD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Dorset
- Hampshire
- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £318398 | £261212 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £314895 | £262055 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £213282 | £232135 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £200656 | £169817 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2020 | £191943 | £196580 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **David Patrick Meany** (Chair) — appointed March 14, 2016
- ALASTAIR DUNCAN — appointed Sept. 1, 2011
- David Jonathon Shering — appointed July 8, 2019
- JULIAN TITT
- John Kelvin Crichton — appointed July 10, 2025
- MICHAEL JOHN SMYTH OSBORNE
- MRS ANN PEDERSEN
- Mary DeBoos — appointed April 13, 2025
- Philip James West — appointed March 14, 2016
- ROWAN BENFORD BROCKHURST
- Stephanie Alden — appointed Sept. 8, 2024