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

Objects

THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC REGENERATION BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG NON-EMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING NON-EMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE; B) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT; C) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE LEARNING FOR PLEASURE BY PEOPLE NO LONGER IN FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT THROUGH THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING IN SUBJECTS OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE; D) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES; E) THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND/OR THOSE WHO, BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES; F) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; G) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE; H) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE PREVENTION OF CRIME; AND I) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY, FROM TIME TO TIME, BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

Area of benefit: THE ELECTORAL WARD OF PADDOCK KNOWN AS PADDOCK VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

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 · 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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04253006

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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• 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

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PADDINGTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST.

• PADDINGTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £3.2m
• Community & Education Centre (CEC) income £46k
• PEOPLE AND WORK UNIT income £255k
• LONDON EDUCATION TRUST income £231k
• LEARNING PARTNERSHIPS income £688k
• ACCESS COMMUNITY TRUST income £5.9m

Side by side with its peers

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