THE GRAND AT CLITHEROE LTD

Registered charity 1111102 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TGAC, THE GRAND AT CLITHEROE

The primary activity of The Grand is to engage, inspire and support young people and the broader local community in terms of personal development in the media, music, arts, and live performance fields. We believe in the power of creativity, community and vision to impact lives for the better.

Objects

TO ESTABLISH, SUPPORT AND OPERATE A COMMUNITY, MULTIMEDIA, MUSIC AND ARTS VENUE AND SKATE PARK IN THE TOWN OF CLITHEROE, LANCASHIRE AND TO PROMOTE ITS USE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE INHABITANTS OF CLITHEROE AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, OR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, THROUGH OUTREACH ACTIVITY AND MINISTRY, UPHOLDING CHRISTIAN ETHOS AND VALUES.

Area of benefit: CLITHEROE, LANCASHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ribble Valley, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £202,556 for the year ended 30 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £4,147,096 to £3,944,540. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The organization holds unrestricted reserves of £3,873,087, though a significant portion of this is tied up in tangible fixed assets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2025 (received 02/07/2026, 2 days after the 30/06/2026 due date); year ending 31/08/2022 (received 02/05/2024, 307 days after the 30/06/2023 due date); year ending 31/08/2021 (received 02/08/2022, 33 days after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Grand at Clitheroe Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £283k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (52% 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: 71.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANNA CATHERINE LANCASTER
• CHRIS RICHARDSON
• Dr JOHN EDWARD LANCASTER MBE DR · trustee of 1 other charity
• HELEN LOUISE HUNTER
• STEVEN JOHN LANCASTER · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GREATER MANCHESTER TRUST FOR RECREATION.

• THE GREATER MANCHESTER TRUST FOR RECREATION income £22.9m
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• MGCFUTURES LTD income £119k
• THE GRAND PAVILION LTD income £30k

Side by side with its peers

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