LONGWOOD VILLAGE GROUP

Registered charity 1087328 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Establish and run a community centre and with association with local inhabitants, local authorities and voluntary organisations, provide activities to advance education and 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 Longwood and the surrounding area.

Objects

A) PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LONGWOOD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TOGETHER, DEFINED BY THE PARISH OF LONGWOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, RACE, OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND 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 SAID INHABITANTS

Area of benefit: LOCKWOOD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TOGETHER DEFINED BY THE PARISH OF LONGWOOD.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a stable financial position despite rising energy prices, with unrestricted net assets of £23,062.28 as of March 31, 2025. The charity received £31,713.38 in total income and incurred £31,200.95 in payments, resulting in a slight decrease in bank balances from the previous year. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document.

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

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 10/02/2025, 10 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 14/05/2024, 104 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR RAYMOND COLLIERchair
• CHRISTINA RANGELEY
• CHRISTINE ANNE COLLIER
• GRAHAM PURNELL
• JEANNETTE SCOTT
• Janice Delaney
• John Whitwam
• Margaret Purnell
• Rodney Hirst
• SHEILA HITCHEN
• Sue Beck-Sechi

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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