PONTEFRACT FAMILY CENTRE

Registered charity 1100754 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Day opportunities. Drama,Crafts,Cooking,Pool,Computers,Music. Evening activities - Gateway Club. Swim Club. Intermediate Club. Pool Club.Football(weekends)..

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, OR WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS, WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, IN THE AREA OF PONTEFRACT AND ITS DISTRICT, BY PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RESPITE, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELLBEING, FOR SUCH PERSONS WITH THE OBJECT OF ENHANCING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: PONTEFRACT AND ITS DISTRICT

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves do not reach the trustees' policy target of one quarter of annual resources expended. The charity reported a net income surplus for the year, with total funds increasing from £432,604 to £433,865, supported by tangible fixed assets valued at £256,183.

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 4 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN HUGHES CHAIRMANchair
• DAVID FREDERICK HUGHES
• HILARY MARGARET FRANC
• JOHN PHILLIPS
• bipin UPADHYAY

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPRINGS FAMILY CENTRE.

• SPRINGS FAMILY CENTRE income £156k
• PETERBOROUGH UNITED FOUNDATION income £720k
• KHIDMAT CENTRES income £664k
• GATEWAY (YORK) CIO income £419k
• BLETCHLEY YOUTH CENTRE income £198k
• LEISURE FOCUS TRUST income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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