BROOKFIELD SPACEPLACE

Registered charity 1084435 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

the charity provides facilities in the interests of social welfare, for recreation and leisure time occupations with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants of the Brookfield area of Preston, and in common effect to advance education and and to improve the physical and economic conditions of life in the said area of benefit

Objects

TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE BROOKFIELD AREA OF PRESTON WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX SEXUAL ORIENTATION RACE OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND IN COMMON EFFECT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN THE SAID AREA OF BENEFIT BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS

Area of benefit: BROOKFIELD

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Preston, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£112k

Latest spending

£123k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with unrestricted reserves of £16,583.49, a decrease from the opening balance of £27,652.00. Total income for the year was £111,961.00, while total expenditure was £123,030.00, resulting in a net deficit for the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses 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 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 8
Government income: £52,505 — grants £52,505 (3); 47% of the £111,961 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 6
Government income: £22,280 — grants £22,280 (4); 24% of the £91,994 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 6

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Alice Lily Gingell · trustee of 1 other charity
Anita Dickinson · trustee of 1 other charity
CHRIS DAVIS
Debbie Raby · trustee of 1 other charity
Janet Crompton · trustee of 1 other charity
Liam Martin Blake · trustee of 1 other charity
Stephanie Portersmith
Tyrone King · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£112k	£123k
31/03/2024	£92k	£87k
31/03/2023	£32k	£50k
31/03/2022	£63k	£48k
31/03/2021	£55k	£45k

Common questions

Is BROOKFIELD SPACEPLACE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with unrestricted reserves of £16,583.49, a decrease from the opening balance of £27,652.00. Total income for the year was £111,961.00, while total expenditure was £123,030.00, resulting in a net deficit for the period.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/03/2024	£19k	Creativity: it reminds me I’m still human
UK government	26/06/2020	£4k	VSCE CMC Fund

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
WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITY	1	£47k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPACE (AYLESBURY).

SPACE (AYLESBURY) income £95k
SPACE income £256k
BROUGHTON ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE income £32k
THE FRIENDS OF SPACE PRESTON income £64k
MACCLESFIELD COMMUNITY ARTSPACE income £59k
PARK AVENUE BRADFORD LIMITED income £72k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BROOKFIELD SPACEPLACE	£112k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SPACE (AYLESBURY) FY2025	£95k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SPACE FY2025	£256k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
BROUGHTON ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£32k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF SPACE PRESTON FY2025	£64k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MACCLESFIELD COMMUNITY ARTSPACE FY2026	£59k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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