THE BROUGHTON TRUST

Registered charity 1089038 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Broughton Trust is a regeneration charity; the main activities are providing a wide range of training for individuals, particularly those not in work; working with groups to provide support, training, activities for residents, neighbourhood renewal and related issues; Local Research; Youth work including mentoring young people.

Objects

THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN REGENERATION I N AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, IN PARTICULAR IN THE BROUGHTON AREA SALFORD, BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT :B) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT:C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING , OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND PROVIDING WORK EXPERIENCE FOR THE UNEMPLOYED;D) THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS OR TO EXISTING BUSINESSES;(E)THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;(F) TO FACILITATE THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER BODIES OF SANCTUARY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING;(G) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH , AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;(H) THE PROVISION OF CHILDCARE(I) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME; AND SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION

Area of benefit: AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, IN PARTICULAR IN THE BROUGHTON AREA OF SALFORD.

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total funds decreased from £214,201 to £191,290, driven by a net expenditure of £22,911 against total income of £549,987. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, despite acknowledging that securing core funding remains a major problem for the sector.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• AMANDA BICKERTONchair
• CAROLE MARILYN SUMNER
• Craig Stone
• Ivan Holmes
• John Barraclough
• John Walsh
• MICHAEL SMITH
• ROSE WEDGE
• Roger Baldry
• Ruth Potts

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

Operates in: Salford City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ALBRIGHTON TRUST LIMITED.

• THE ALBRIGHTON TRUST LIMITED income £146k
• BREAKTHROUGH U.K. LTD income £350k
• THE CHARLES BROTHERTON TRUST income £79k
• BROUGHTON COMMUNITY AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION income £532k
• BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES income £3.1m
• BREAKTHROUGH - TRANSFORMATION TRUST income £3.7m

Side by side with its peers

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