GAINSBOROUGH AND DISTRICT WELFARE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1060204 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GAINSBOROUGH HOUSE

General Charitable purposes. Elderly/Old People. People with a disability/special needs. Other charities/voluntary bodies.

Objects

1.TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, SOCIAL WELFARE AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS. 2.TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY CENTRE. 3.OTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: GAINSBOROUGH AND IN THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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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Registered contact address: Lincoln, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£37k

Latest spending

£57k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £19,650 for the year, reducing unrestricted reserves from £79,892 to £60,242. The trustees aim to hold reserves equivalent to 12 months of expenditure to ensure ongoing operations, a target that the current unrestricted reserves of £60,242 appear to fall below given the scale of annual expenditure. The filing confirms the charity is eligible for independent examination and received a clean report with no matters requiring attention.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months expenditure (held: £60k)

“The Trustees aim to carry hold reserves of 12 months expenditure in order to ensure the ongoing operations of the charity should the income streams reduce.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Total payments made to Trustees in relation to remuneration or expense reclaims amounted to £10,959.

“During the year to 31 December 2024 total payments made to Trustees in relation to remuneration or expense reclaims amounted to £10,959,” — page 9

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

PAUL DAVID JOHN HOWITT-COWANchair · trustee of 5 other charities
CARLTON BRADLEY
David William Aldous Belton
STEVEN ROBERT HARDY

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire · North Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£37k	£57k
31/12/2023	£62k	£54k
31/12/2022	£39k	£50k
31/12/2021	£55k	£40k
31/12/2020	£71k	£55k

Common questions

Is GAINSBOROUGH AND DISTRICT WELFARE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £19,650 for the year, reducing unrestricted reserves from £79,892 to £60,242. The trustees aim to hold reserves equivalent to 12 months of expenditure to ensure ongoing operations, a target that the current unrestricted reserves of £60,242 appear to fall below given the scale of annual expenditure. The filing confirms the charity is eligible for independent examination and received a clean report with no matters requiring attention. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GAINSBOROUGH AND DISTRICT WELFARE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GAINSBOROUGH AND DISTRICT WELFARE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION	FY2022	£100	Grant

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HYNDBURN VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE LTD.

HYNDBURN VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE LTD income £84k
MUNICIPAL GENERAL CHARITY income £44k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST income £164k
WIGAN AND LEIGH COMMUNITY CHARITY income £275k
DMW TRUST income £50k
GILESGATE COMMUNITY AND WELFARE ASSOCIATION income £66k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GAINSBOROUGH AND DISTRICT WELFARE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED	£37k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HYNDBURN VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE LTD FY2025	£84k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
MUNICIPAL GENERAL CHARITY FY2024	£44k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£164k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WIGAN AND LEIGH COMMUNITY CHARITY FY2025	£275k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DMW TRUST FY2025	£50k	—	0	within	—	no doubt

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