BARROW COMMUNITY BASKETBALL AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1070366 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARROW COMMUNITY BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED, HOOPS SPORTS CENTRE

The activities of the charity are to promote education of children, young persons and the general purblic and to improve the quality of life of all such persons by providing basketball and other sporting and recreation facilities for the community of the Furness Peninsula areas of Cumbria.

Objects

TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE COMMUNITY OF THE FURNESS PENINSULA AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF BASKETBALL AND OTHER SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£55k

Latest spending

£85k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure deficit of £30,091 for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven largely by depreciation charges and total expenditure exceeding income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are relatively low at £36,069, though the charity maintains a policy target of three months' expenditure. The charity continues to operate on a going concern basis with adequate resources expected for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Hire of centre (86% of income)

“The main source of the income has been from the use of the sports hall £47,119”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three month’s expenditure (reserves figure: £36k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to three month’s expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: Independent examiner identified a matter of concern regarding historic unapproved free use of the sports hall and potential loss of income.

“I have completed my examination. The charity receives a proportion of total income from the hire of the sports hall to basketball clubs for training and residentials. During the year, the trustees discovered that the sports hall has been used in prior years for some events 'free of charge' without correct approval by the trustees.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Government income: £9,446 — grants £9,446 (1); 13% of the £75,502 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Government income: £14,986 — grants £14,986 (2); 16% of the £92,330 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2024 (received 06/01/2026, 190 days after the 30/06/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

STEVEN WAYNE BOWKERchair
Keith Jackson
MRS S BOWKER
Michael Jeffrey
Paula Ann Johnson · trustee of 1 other charity
Sam Hearty
Sophie Jeffrey

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£55k	£85k
31/08/2024	£76k	£108k
31/08/2023	£92k	£132k
31/08/2022	£65k	£85k
31/08/2021	£69k	£76k

Common questions

Is BARROW COMMUNITY BASKETBALL AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure deficit of £30,091 for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven largely by depreciation charges and total expenditure exceeding income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are relatively low at £36,069, though the charity maintains a policy target of three months' expenditure. The charity continues to operate on a going concern basis with adequate resources expected for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
LOCAL TRUST	2	£1.1m
THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION	1	£1.6m
GREATER LONDON VOLUNTEERING	1	£121k
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£59k
The Barnes Fund	1	£42k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	1	£23k
WESTMINSTER AMALGAMATED CHARITY	1	£10k
ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS AND WILLIAM SHELTON EDUCATIONAL CHARITY	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BARWELL SPORTS TRUST.

BARWELL SPORTS TRUST income £56k
CUMBRIA TENNIS income £278k
COMMUNITY BARNET income £1.6m
BARNES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £300k
BARROW ISLAND COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST LTD income £68k
AFC BOURNEMOUTH COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BARROW COMMUNITY BASKETBALL AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED	£55k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BARWELL SPORTS TRUST FY2025	£56k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CUMBRIA TENNIS FY2025	£278k	—	above	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY BARNET FY2025	£1.6m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BARNES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£300k	—	above	—	no doubt
BARROW ISLAND COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST LTD FY2025	£68k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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