CASTLE STREET CENTRE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1097192 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Kendal and the surrounding area with a priority for youth.Provide facilities and improve and maintain the fabric of the building for future generations.

Objects

A) PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE NORTH-EAST PART OF KENDAL IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBRIA, BOUNDED BY THE RIVER KENT, PARKSIDE ROAD AND THE TOWN BOUNDARY, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF, (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITH A PRIORITY FOR YOUTH BUT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS;B) ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.C) PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Area of benefit: NORTH-EAST PART OF KENDAL IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBRIA BOUNDED BY THE RIVER KENT, PARKSIDE ROAD AND THE TOWN BOUNDARY, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£88k
Latest spending
£82k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is entitled to exemption from audit under the small companies regime and has been independently examined. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £199,074 against total funds of £336,079, with no stated reserves policy target disclosed in the filing.

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 3 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£88k£82k
31/03/2024£87k£84k
31/03/2023£73k£75k
31/03/2022£65k£55k
31/03/2021£46k£53k

Common questions

Is CASTLE STREET CENTRE ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is entitled to exemption from audit under the small companies regime and has been independently examined. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £199,074 against total funds of £336,079, with no stated reserves policy target disclosed in the filing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Northern Rock Foundation11/12/2006£40kGrant awarded to Castle Street Centre Association (Cumbria)