FOUR ESTATES LIMITED

Registered charity 1090795 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Working at grassroots level in deprived neighbourhoods to provide services and activities aimed at improving the quality of life for local people via the management of independent community centres. We work with entire communities with projects, services and activities that are responsive to local needs and cover a diverse range of subjects.

Objects

THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR THE ESTATES KNOWN AS HALTON BROOK, HALLWOOD PARK, MURDISHAW, PALACE FIELDS AND SURROUNDING AREAS) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY2) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING PARTICULARLY AMONGST UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE4) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS5) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE

Area of benefit: IN PARTICULAR THE ESTATES KNOWN AS HALTON BROOK, HALLWOOD PARK, MURDISHAW, PALACE FIELDS AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £91,284 against total funds of £252,035, with the charity reporting a net surplus of £8,686 for the year. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. No specific reserves policy target duration is stated, only a general policy to build unrestricted reserves for working capital.

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

• Margaret Boyce
• NORA RIMMER MBE

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

Operates in: Halton

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).