COMMUNITY BY NATURE LTD

Registered charity 1050226 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOOTLE AND SEFTON PLAY COUNCIL LTD, SEFTON PLAY COUNCIL

Community by Nature aims is to improve the lives of children and adults by encouragingparticipation in community learning play and forest school.

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

Area of benefit: MARITIME AREA OF BOOTLE AND WIDER AREA OF SEFTON

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity faced a challenging financial year with limited funding which depleted its reserves, resulting in a net expenditure of £40,525. However, the trustees report that the charity has managed to rebuild and remain stable, with unrestricted reserves of £37,357 and total funds of £93,141 at the year-end.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• JAMES BRETTchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Andrea Farrell
• DAVID EGAN
• Helen Parker
• Jan Brett

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

Operates in: Sefton

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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