THE LONGFORD NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICES CENTRE

Registered charity 1088840 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as L.N.S.C.

WE OPERATE IN AN AREA OF HIGH DEPRIVATION AND AIM FOR TOTAL SOCIAL INCLUSION

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR POLITICAL , RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND IN HABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FOR RECREATION AND FOR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION.

Area of benefit: LONGFORD AND THE SURROUNDNG AREA

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Get email alerts

Latest income
£60k
Latest spending
£68k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total monies of £44,623.36 at the end of the period, with £13,550 specifically identified as reserves held due to difficulties in obtaining funding and the status of the charity's bank account. The trustees report that the charity needs to find new ways to generate income and secure a new bank account to access larger funding sources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Governance: The document states the charity is 'unincorporated' but lists a 'Charity registration number: 1108840'. It also notes 'Certain bank funds support jobs and projects' and 'trustees secure a new bank account', implying potential governance or structural issues, but no explicit 'serious incident' or 'late filing' is admitted in the text provided.
“Trustees are regularly encouraged to appoint more trustees, open a new bank account to obtain charity status, and avoid maintaining two separate entities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Warrington

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£60k£68k
31/03/2024£59k£61k
31/03/2023£69k£52k
31/03/2022£26k£23k
31/03/2021£26k£23k

Common questions

Is THE LONGFORD NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICES CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total monies of £44,623.36 at the end of the period, with £13,550 specifically identified as reserves held due to difficulties in obtaining funding and the status of the charity's bank account. The trustees report that the charity needs to find new ways to generate income and secure a new bank account to access larger funding sources. 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 Fund18/10/2012£5kLaptop and projector project
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2009£10kLive and Learn
The National Lottery Community Fund20/10/2005£5kElectronic Roller Shutters