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)..

Causes: Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£192k

Latest spending

£190k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

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

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £271k)

“At the present time, free reserves do not reach this target”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£192k	£190k
31/03/2024	£197k	£173k
31/03/2023	£175k	£143k
31/03/2022	£168k	£172k
31/03/2021	£168k	£114k

Common questions

Is PONTEFRACT FAMILY CENTRE financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/02/2011	£9k	Pontefract Speciality Breads

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
HYDE PARK PLACE ESTATE CHARITY	1	£17k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	1	£17k
DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£16k
WESTMINSTER AMALGAMATED CHARITY	1	£12k
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£9k
ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS AND WILLIAM SHELTON EDUCATIONAL CHARITY	1	£6k
THE SCORPION CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
FRAZER TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KHIDMAT CENTRES.

KHIDMAT CENTRES income £664k
LEISURE FOCUS TRUST income £1.2m
ORPINGTON AND BROMLEY GATEWAY CLUB income £136k
PRAISE GATE TEMPLE income £115k
CANOLFAN CYMDEITHASOL PORTHMADOG (PORTMADOC COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION) income £161k
ST ANDREW'S CLUB income £618k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PONTEFRACT FAMILY CENTRE	£192k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
KHIDMAT CENTRES FY2025	£664k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LEISURE FOCUS TRUST FY2025	£1.2m	£60,001 - £100,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ORPINGTON AND BROMLEY GATEWAY CLUB FY2025	£136k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PRAISE GATE TEMPLE FY2025	£115k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CANOLFAN CYMDEITHASOL PORTHMADOG (PORTMADOC COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION) FY2025	£161k	Under £60,000	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.