THE TRAINING AND CONFERENCE CENTRE FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE BOYS' BRIGADE IN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND AND THE ISLE OF MAN TRUST

Registered charity 1097985 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BB NORTH WEST DISTRICT TRAINING CENTRE

Please refer to annual report

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND WORK OR ORGANISATION AMONGST BOYS AND YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROMOTION OF THE HABITS OF OBEDIENCE, REVERENCE, DISCIPLINE, SELF RESPECT AND ALL THAT TENDS TOWARDS TRUE CHRISTIAN MANLINESS BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING EVENTS, FACILITIES AND FELLOWSHIP

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £36,097 for the year ended 30 April 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £262,868. The trustees consider the level of unrestricted reserves to be reasonable in light of their policy to cover twelve months of payments and planned capital upgrades. The charity is unincorporated and operates on a cash and accruals basis with no material uncertainties noted regarding its continuation.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN MCLOUGHLINchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carl Anthony Fairclough
• Dr ROBERT CHARLES WILLIAM HENDERSON MBE · trustee of 2 other charities
• MARGARET HEYWOOD · trustee of 2 other charities
• MICHAEL HARRY SOUTHERN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Dr Ronald John Reid · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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