FERRYHILL LAKES AND DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1090005 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FERRYHILL LADDER CENTRE

General Charitable purposesEducation/TrainingMedical/Health/SicknessRelief of PovertyArts/culturesports/recreationEconomic/community/development/employment

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY OF DURHAM, IN PARTICULAR BUTNOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE INHABITANTS OF FERRYHILL AND NEIGHBOURHOOD" THEREOF (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, 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 LEARNING, RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES WITH THIS OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITION OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED LAKES & DISTRICTDEVELOPMENT EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED) AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THESAME, WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER VOLUNTARYORGANISATION IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: THE INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY OF DURHAM, IN PARTICULAR BUTNOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE INHABITANTS OF FERRYHILL AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

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: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income surplus of £93,008 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a significant increase in grant income. Unrestricted reserves stood at £36,250, which the trustees state meets their policy target of 3 to 6 months of expenditure. The organization remains financially stable with no disclosed material risks to its continuity.

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 5 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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)

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 31/03/2022 (received 13/03/2023, 41 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 11/02/2022, 11 days after the 31/01/2022 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

• PETER BERNARD ATKINSONchair
• Jacklyn Barbara McCourt
• Julie West
• Paul Howell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rita Ann Jacobs

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LETCHWORTH EDUCATIONAL SETTLEMENT.

• LETCHWORTH EDUCATIONAL SETTLEMENT income £385k
• SMETHWICK YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED income £478k
• THE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT income £259k
• REACH LEARNING DISABILITY income £3.9m
• LEEDS DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION CENTRE LIMITED income £78k
• SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT income £63k

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