DORSET ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE (ATHERTON) LIMITED

Registered charity 1077240 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Running Dorset Road Community Centre with volunteers and staff to enhance the offer for local residents and user groups in Atherton.

Objects

TO PROVIDE BENEFITS FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THEREON WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, OR POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL INHABITANTS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNERA) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND GUIDANCE UPON QUESTIONS OF HOUSING, SOCIAL WELFARE BENEFITS, UNEMPLOYMENT, HEALTH RELATED TOPICS.B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFITC) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO EQUIPPING THEM FOR EMPLOYMENT AND FACILITATING THEIR OBTAINING WORK IN INDUSTRY COMMERCE AND THE PROFESSIONSD) TO PROVIDE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES

Area of benefit: ATHERTON

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Latest income
£56k
Latest spending
£59k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,103 for the year, reducing its total unrestricted funds to £24,070. The trustees note that available reserves were approximately £24,100 and predict no future deficits. The charity is not prepared on a going concern basis of uncertainty, as no material uncertainties exist regarding its ability to continue.

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 3 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.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£56k£59k
05/04/2024£55k£60k
05/04/2023£42k£48k
05/04/2022£43k£40k
05/04/2021£31k£37k

Common questions

Is DORSET ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE (ATHERTON) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,103 for the year, reducing its total unrestricted funds to £24,070. The trustees note that available reserves were approximately £24,100 and predict no future deficits. The charity is not prepared on a going concern basis of uncertainty, as no material uncertainties exist regarding its ability to continue. 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 Fund17/03/2023£2kCoronation Community Centre Celebration
The National Lottery Community Fund05/08/2015£10kA4A - The Bridge