PADDOCK COMMUNITY TRUST
Registered charity 1093998 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PADDOCK COMMUNITY FORUM, PADDOCK TRUST
PADDOCK LEARNING CENTRE TARGETS THOSE WHO ARE NOT EMPLOYED.ESOL CLASSES FOR PERSONS FROM ETHNIC MINORITIES. SUPPORTS REDUCTION OF SOCIAL ISOLATION THROUGH FAITH GROUPS AND OTHER GROUP ACTIVITIES.MAINTAINS AND SUPPORTS VOLUNTARY GROUPS IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF KIRKLEES
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £473,049 to £379,024, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The trustees' report notes uncertainty regarding future funding post-UK Government Shared Prosperity Fund in March 2026, though the charity remains eligible for independent examination and has no material uncertainties disclosed.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months running costs plus redundancy payments (held: £379k)
“The charity’s reserves policy is to hold a sufficient level of reserves to cover three months running costs plus redundancy payments which would become due should the centre have to close.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- FORD, Jane Louise — director, appointed 19/05/2025on trustee list
- EVANS, Lawrence Huw — director, appointed 05/09/2023not on trustee list
- HUGHES, Judith Margaret — director, appointed 05/09/2023on trustee list
- WOODCOCK, Peter Stewart, Dr — director, appointed 17/10/2014on trustee list
- GUTHRIE, Richard John — director, appointed 25/03/2011on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above 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).
- RICHARD GUTHRIEchair
- Dr Jane Louise Ford
- Dr Peter Stewart Woodcock
- Huw Edwards
- Judith Hughes
- Peter Murray Alexander
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Kirklees
Income and spending
Common questions
Is PADDOCK COMMUNITY TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £473,049 to £379,024, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The trustees' report notes uncertainty regarding future funding post-UK Government Shared Prosperity Fund in March 2026, though the charity remains eligible for independent examination and has no material uncertainties disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds PADDOCK COMMUNITY TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name PADDOCK COMMUNITY TRUST as a grant recipient include SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED.
Known funders
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