GARSTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Registered charity 1076031 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

capacity building activities and support for community and voluntary organisations in the area of benefit acting as an umbrella organisation for groups, providing a focal point for taking up issues which will improve the quality of life, provides office facilities for local residents, a production base for a community newspaper.Provides a community centre for social and recreation activites

Objects

1. PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GARSTON AND DISTRICT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OF OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURETIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS2. ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS3. PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED

Area of benefit: GARSTON AND DISTRICT

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £9,399 for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £65,598 to £56,199. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, supported by grant aid from Liverpool City Council and other fundraising activities.

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.

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 charity financial controls 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Derek Ho · trustee of 2 other charities
• MARGERY REBECCA VERNON BLACK · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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