AVON BUSINESS & LEISURE CIO

Registered charity 1114478 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AVON BUSINESS & LEISURE LIMITED

WE ARE A COMMUNITY CENTRE HIRING ROOMS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND RUNNING A NUMBER OF CLASSES FOR THE PUBLIC ON OUR PREMISES

Objects

(A) PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF THE INHABITANTS OF CANNOCK AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATION WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS; AND(B) USE THE PREMISES AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE PREMISES FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE ASSOCIATION AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS, TOGETHER, THE "OBJECTS".

Area of benefit: CANNOCK AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cannock Chase, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£66k

Latest spending

£88k

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of unrestricted income of £21,539 for the year ended 31st December 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £62,613, which exceeds the stated policy target of £53,000 required to cover six months of running costs and potential redundancy expenses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: retain unrestricted funds sufficient to cover 6 months running costs of the service to enable continuation of activities should the income cease and to provide for potential redundancy costs (reserves figure: £63k)

“The trustees goal is to retain unrestricted funds sufficient to cover 6 months running costs of the service to enable continuation of activities should the income cease and to provide for potential redundancy costs.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: 2 Trustees were paid for duties as employees during the year

“2 Trustees were paid for duties as employees during the year” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

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

ANITA ITALLINA CASTELLINA
BRENDA DENTON
CRAIG PHILLIPS
Craig Brown
DARREN WILLETTS
DAVID ARTHUR CORNS
David Pavior
Donald Meeks
GAVIN WILLIAMS
MR LARRY CASTELLINA
Patricia Corns

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£66k	£88k
31/12/2024	£73k	£80k
31/12/2023	£68k	£76k
31/12/2022	£68k	£65k
31/12/2021	£81k	£60k

Common questions

Is AVON BUSINESS & LEISURE CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of unrestricted income of £21,539 for the year ended 31st December 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £62,613, which exceeds the stated policy target of £53,000 required to cover six months of running costs and potential redundancy expenses. 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	30/11/2016	£10k	Community Advice Service
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/06/2015	£8k	Support and Friendship
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/05/2011	£8k	Agility for All
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/04/2008	£8k	Comfy Accessible Furniture and Office Equipment
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/02/2006	£5k	Allow public access to computers within the centre
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/01/2005	£5k	Computer equipment

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
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£90k
THE T U U T CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£30k
BRADFORD GUILD OF HELP	1	£3k
CIVIC POWER FUND	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SEVERN CENTRE TRUST LTD.

SEVERN CENTRE TRUST LTD income £304k
HYNDBURN VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE LTD income £84k
BRADFORD ON AVON PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED income £69k
THORNTON COMMUNITY CENTRE income £27k
AVON TENNIS income £222k
VAUXHALL COMMUNITY LAW AND INFORMATION CENTRE income £664k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AVON BUSINESS & LEISURE CIO	£66k	—	above	—	no doubt
SEVERN CENTRE TRUST LTD FY2025	£304k	—	above	—	no doubt
HYNDBURN VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE LTD FY2025	£84k	—	below	—	no doubt
BRADFORD ON AVON PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£69k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THORNTON COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£27k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AVON TENNIS FY2024	£222k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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