AGED BLIND AND DISABLED CENTRE (BACUP) CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1103149 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AB&D CENTRE

Provision of facilities for the Aged, Blind and Disabled of the local community.

Objects

(1) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE FORMER BOROUGH OF BACUP IN LANCASHIRE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT;(2) THE PROMOTION OF THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE AGED BLIND OR DISABLED PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE FORMER BOROUGH OF BACKUP;

Area of benefit: THE INHABITANTS OF THE FORMER BOROUGH OF BACUP IN LANCASHIRE

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 the charity reported a net surplus of £16,898 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total reserves increasing to £164,621. The filing notes that the company was entitled to exemption from audit under the Companies Act 2006 and that the accounts were prepared in accordance with micro-entity provisions.

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 3 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 policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID EDMONDSONchair
• Catherine Ellen Hignett
• DEbbie Newton
• Dorothy Anne Window
• Rachel Ann Kershaw BA Hons
• Stephen Shuttler

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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