INSPIRING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES

Registered charity 1105278 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WIGAN LEISURE AND CULTURE TRUST

Advancement and support of education, culture, arts, heritage and history; provision or assistance in the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupations and public cemeteries and crematoria;the promotion and preservation of good health through community participation in healthy recreation;any other charitable purposes as determined by the Trustees.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing before pension movements of £1,580,419, largely driven by a £1,486,000 exceptional cost related to the restriction of pension scheme assets. Despite holding general fixed asset investments of £1,534,835 and unrestricted funds of £1,762,100, the charity faces significant contractual changes, including the end of its final trading contract with Cannock District Council in March 2026. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Fairhurst Audit Services Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Regulator actions

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Darren James Wood
• Joanne Green
• Paul Graham Farrington · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rebecca Anne Boocock
• Stephen John Gambles

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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