GREAT ECCLESTON VILLAGE CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1085213 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE VILLAGE CENTRE

Provision of Education/TrainingArt/Cultural activitiesRecreational activitiesEconomic/community development

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, BOTH CASUAL DROP-IN AND MORE FORMALLY ORGANISED, TO ENCOURAGE SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES, AND PROVIDE INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND SIMILAR SERVICES, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF GREAT ECCLESTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA; 2) TO ESTABLISH A VILLAGE CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS3) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES

Area of benefit: GREAT ECCLESTON

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 · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state the charity reported a small profit of £1,319 for the year, with total income decreasing to £45,041. Unrestricted reserves stood at £17,665, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue operations for at least 12 months despite uncertainty regarding future grant funding. The charity relies on volunteers and two employees to support its community activities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID JAMES ASTALL
• JOHN NORMAN ROWE
• Robert Hugh Glover
• Susan Margaret Catterall

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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