SHOTTON PARTNERSHIP 2000

Registered charity 1114785 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objectives of Shotton Partnership 2000 Ltd. are for the benefit of the community in Shotton Colliery Durham to promote education and vocational training; create job opportunities; provide recreation and leisure facilities; improve the environment; promote public safety and reduce crime; and provide other services and facilities for community benefit as the charity sees fit.

Objects

A THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR SHOTTON, COUNTY DURHAM) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:I THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT;II THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT; III THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;IV THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP:(A) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR(B) TO EXISTING BUSINESSESV THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS; VI THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING;VII THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;VIII THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE;IX THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND/OR THOSE WHO, BY REASONS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;X THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;XI THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE;XII THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME; ANDB THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OR ENGLAND AND WALES AS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM.

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £129,338, which falls within the trustees' stated policy target of three to six months' running costs (£82,000 to £164,000). The charity reported a net income increase of £54,247 for the year, supported by diverse grant funding and generated income, with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04129701 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HEPWORTH, Audrey — director, appointed 30/05/2018on trustee list
• THORNTON, Audrey — director, appointed 30/05/2018not on trustee list
• BROOKS, Denise — director, appointed 07/11/2001on trustee list
• NELSON, Brenda Ann — director, appointed 05/02/2001on trustee list
• BRIGGS, Judith Jacqueline, Mrs. — secretary, appointed 26/05/2011

Official officers record.

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (27/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JUDITH JACQUELINE BRIGGSchair
• AUDREY HEPWORTH
• Audrey Thorton
• BRENDA ANN NELSON
• DIANE ROWELL
• Denise Brooks · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rona Hardy · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WALTON COMMUNITY & ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP.

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• JUBILEE+ income £243k
• DORRIDGE SCOUT GROUP income £31k

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