BAWTRY ACTION FOR RECREATION AND SPORT

Registered charity 1102309 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARS

RAISE FUNDS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF LOCAL SPORTS AND RECREATION.ORGANISE ANNUAL BAWTRY SPORTS DAY.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BAWTRY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BYI PROVISION AND ASSISTANCE OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, SPORT AND RECREATION.II ASSOCIATING WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: BAWTRY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · Recreation · Get email alerts

Latest income
£50k
Latest spending
£51k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £20,290 for the year ended 30 June 2025, reducing its total unrestricted reserves to £19,373. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy target of £5,000 in unrestricted funds, which it currently exceeds. The charity operates on a voluntary basis with no employees and identifies cash flow maintenance as a principal risk.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Bar and Tea Bar takings (75% of income)
“Bar and Tea Bar takings 37,636”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £5,000 (held: £19k)
“The trustees set a reserve policy during the period which seeks to maintain unrestricted funds of £5,000 at the end of each accounting period going forward.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Doncaster

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£50k£51k
30/06/2024£29k£48k
30/06/2023£82k£104k
30/06/2022£92k£98k
30/06/2021£64k£57k

Common questions

Is BAWTRY ACTION FOR RECREATION AND SPORT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £20,290 for the year ended 30 June 2025, reducing its total unrestricted reserves to £19,373. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy target of £5,000 in unrestricted funds, which it currently exceeds. The charity operates on a voluntary basis with no employees and identifies cash flow maintenance as a principal risk. 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 Fund29/01/2007£5kTeenage Shelter at Wharf Street Play Area, Bawtry
The National Lottery Community Fund21/04/2005£5kWharfe Street Children's Play Area