HIGHER FOLDS COMMUNITY CENTRE (LEIGH) LIMITED

Registered charity 1076911 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The work of the Centre as a community anchor is carried out by a team of staff and volunteers, who deliver services to the local area to meet the needs of local people. Current activities improve the fitness and health, provide food for those in poverty, deliver early years education, improve life skills and employment opportunities and reduce isolation of local older people.

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Latest income
£282k
Latest spending
£349k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £67,333 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £120,069 to £52,736. The trustees confirmed the charity has sufficient funds to operate as a going concern for the next 12 months. However, the independent examiner noted errors in the prior year's accounts that prevented verification of the opening fund balances.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: in line with charity commission guidelines (held: £51k)
On 31 March 2025, the Community Centre had a bank and cash balance of £64,452 including appropriate reserves, in line with charity commission guidelines with the balance for designated projects. — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Audit opinion: qualified
We would note that there where errors in the 2023 accounts which affected the split of funds between restrictive and unrestrictive and we where unable to verify the balances on these funds brought forward from 2023.As a result, we are unable to confirm the balances carried forward in these funds are correct as at the 31st March 2025.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Independent examiner noted errors in prior year accounts affecting fund splits and inability to verify carried forward balances.
We would note that there where errors in the 2023 accounts which affected the split of funds between restrictive and unrestrictive and we where unable to verify the balances on these funds brought forward from 2023.As a result, we are unable to confirm the balances carried forward in these funds are correct as at the 31st March 2025.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£282k£349k
31/03/2024£324k£350k
31/03/2023£373k£338k
31/03/2022£326k£326k
31/03/2021£337k£260k

Common questions

Is HIGHER FOLDS COMMUNITY CENTRE (LEIGH) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £67,333 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £120,069 to £52,736. The trustees confirmed the charity has sufficient funds to operate as a going concern for the next 12 months. However, the independent examiner noted errors in the prior year's accounts that prevented verification of the opening fund balances. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/09/2022£10kActivities for Later Life on Higher Folds
The National Lottery Community Fund26/01/2021£198kGrowing our community
UK government22/09/2020£31kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund25/06/2020£19kCoronavirus Support
The National Lottery Community Fund21/03/2013£9kA Special Nursery for Everyone
The National Lottery Community Fund03/02/2011£3kInfluence, Inform, Strengthen and Connect Project
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2008£7kNew Beginnings
The National Lottery Community Fund14/05/2008£504kHigher Folds Community Centre Into the Future

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTRE4 LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HIGHER FOLDS COMMUNITY CENTRE (LEIGH) LIMITED£282k0unclearno doubt
CENTRE4 LIMITED FY2025£3.5m£70,001 - £80,0001belowno doubt
OUR CENTRE FY2025£328k0unclearno doubt
The Carpenters' and Dockland Community Centre FY2025£336k0unclearno doubt
HILTINGBURY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2024£137k0unclearno doubt
NORTHGATE WARD DEVELOPMENT GROUP (CANTERBURY) FY2025£201k0unclearno doubt

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