BURNLEY PENDLE AND ROSSENDALE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Registered charity 1062446 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BURNLEY, PENDLE AND ROSSENDALE C.V.S.

To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community in Lancashire and neighbouring areas; to promote, coordinate, support and develop community activities and to unite citizens of all classes irrespective of gender, religion or political opinion in the promotion of heath and social welfare.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £155,918 for the year ended 31 March 2024, resulting in total funds decreasing from £1,326,454 to £1,170,536. Per the trustees' report, the charity utilized reserves to maintain staffing levels amid rising costs and reduced funding, while maintaining a reserves policy target of approximately six months of total income. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Smith and Goulding Ltd. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2023) → 1 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Christine Blythe — Chief Officer (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Pendle Borough Council — “We gratefully acknowledge the support of the following organisations: Pendle Borough Council” (source page)
• Integrated Care Board (ICB) — “Integrated Care Board (ICB)” (source page)
• Burnley Borough Council — “Burnley Borough Council” (source page)
• Lancashire Environmental Fund / Better Care Fund — “Lancashire Environmental Fund / Better Care Fund” (source page)
• Warburtons Foundation — “Warburtons Foundation” (source page)
• The National Lottery Community Fund – Reaching Communities England — “The National Lottery Community Fund – Reaching Communities England” (source page)
• Eric Wright Charitable Trust — “Eric Wright Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Mayor’s Fund Burnley — “Mayor’s Fund Burnley” (source page)
• Lancashire Association of CVS (LACVS) — “Lancashire Association of CVS (LACVS)” (source page)
• Rossendale Borough Council — “Rossendale Borough Council” (source page)
• One Stop Community Partnership — “One Stop Community Partnership” (source page)
• UK Shared Prosperity Fund (Levelling Up) — “UK Shared Prosperity Fund (Levelling Up)” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 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 ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Beatrice Foster · trustee of 1 other charity
• Councillor Barbara Ashworth · trustee of 1 other charity
• Howard Philip Thomas · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jacqueline Isle Oakes
• Margaret Ann Lishman
• Peter Kenyon · trustee of 2 other charities
• Philip Mousdale · trustee of 1 other charity
• Saba Iftiker
• Sajda Majeed · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Caroline Shuttleworth
• Susan Jane Biggs

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF LANCASHIRE.

• COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF LANCASHIRE income £738k
• LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION OF COUNCILS FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £150k
• NOVA WAKEFIELD DISTRICT LIMITED income £1.6m
• VOLUNTEER CENTRE BLACKPOOL WYRE AND FYLDE income £626k
• West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO income £478k
• TEIGNBRIDGE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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