BELLE VUE COMMUNITY, SPORTS & YOUTH CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1099395 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Belle Vue Centre offer a varied choice of charitable activities to many different diverse organisations and service users.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£730k
Latest spending
£802k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £71,823 and holds total funds of £1,392,279. The trustees acknowledge that the company has inadequate short-term resources and is dependent on continued overdraft funding and creditor deferrals for working capital. Despite these liquidity pressures, the trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to meet management and administration costs for the foreseeable future (held: £1.3m)
“The trustees have established a policy whereby unrestricted reserves are maintained at a level sufficient to meet management and administration costs for the foreseeable future.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The charitable company is, and is expected to remain, dependent on the support of its bankers, by way of an overdraft facility, On this basis the trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£730k
Total spending
£802k
Cost of raising funds
£623k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
49

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (75% 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: 85.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£730k£802k
31/03/2024£661k£736k
31/03/2023£741k£722k
31/03/2022£610k£643k
31/03/2021£475k£352k

Common questions

Is BELLE VUE COMMUNITY, SPORTS & YOUTH CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £71,823 and holds total funds of £1,392,279. The trustees acknowledge that the company has inadequate short-term resources and is dependent on continued overdraft funding and creditor deferrals for working capital. Despite these liquidity pressures, the trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/01/2023£10kFood Poverty Challange
The National Lottery Community Fund06/02/2019£10kThe Belle Vue Big Activity Project
The National Lottery Community Fund25/03/2015£9kThe COOL Project (Community Organised Outdoor Leisure)
The National Lottery Community Fund17/12/2009£10kChildrens Activity Pilot (CAP)
The National Lottery Community Fund17/06/2005£4ksports leaders awards