BOLTON LADS AND GIRLS CLUB LIMITED

Registered charity 1051292 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We aim to enable young people aged 8 to 25 especially from disadvantaged circumstances to realise their full potential. This is achieved by a range of universal and targeted programmes designed by young people to meet their needs. In 2002, we opened a state of the art youth facility from where 3,400 young people access sport, mentoring and arts activities "under one roof", seven days per week.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves of £342,608 were held at the end of the period, which is below the charity's stated policy target of approximately £500,000 (three months of core expenditure). The charity reported a net expenditure of £419,075 for the year, driven by increased charitable activity costs, though it remains confident in its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by SCCA Ltd T/as Stafford & Co. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03109525
• Trading subsidiary: B.L.G.C. TRADING COMPANY LIMITED Companies House 04732952

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bolton Lads & Girls Club (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• KHAN, Tahera — director, appointed 28/01/2025on trustee list
• WILSON, Lisa Jane — director, appointed 24/09/2024on trustee list
• NALLY, Edward — director, appointed 26/07/2022on trustee list
• TAYLOR-RIMMER, Ann — director, appointed 26/07/2022on trustee list
• MORLEY, Kathryn Ann — director, appointed 28/09/2021on trustee list
• GREENHALGH, Stephen — director, appointed 10/06/2021on trustee list
• JUHASZ, Andras Gyula, Dr — director, appointed 10/06/2021on trustee list
• SHARPE, Noel Clare — director, appointed 26/11/2019on trustee list
• MATTHAIOU, Aris — director, appointed 23/10/2018on trustee list
• SINGLETON, David — director, appointed 01/05/2008not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (54% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 13.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVE SINGLETONchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Ann Taylor-Rimmer
• Aris Matthaiou
• Dr Andras Gyula Juhasz
• EDWARD NALLY · trustee of 3 other charities
• Kathryn Ann Morley
• Lisa Jane Wilson
• Noel Sharpe
• Rev Stephen Greenhalgh · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tahera Khan

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

Operates in: Bolton

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOLVERHAMPTON YOUTH ZONE.

• WOLVERHAMPTON YOUTH ZONE income £1.3m
• GARTH YOUTH PROJECT income £225k
• BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE income £111k
• BILLY YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROJECT income £110k
• YOUNG PERSONS CENTRE income £497k
• MIFAL TZEDOKO V'CHESED LIMITED income £8.7m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.