BOLTON COMMUNITY LEISURE

Registered charity 1117186 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To develop sport and recreational activities in Bolton.Oversee the management of leisure facilities.Monitor standards and improvements.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £97,479 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds decreasing from £180,472 to £82,993. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of a minimum £20,000, which the current unrestricted funds of £82,993 exceed. The Chair's Statement notes that the year was financially challenging due to rising costs, but the charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties reported by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crane & Partners Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 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 (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID SINGLETONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• BOB ATKINSON
• Dr Margaret Anne Talbot
• HILARY CONSTANCE FAIRCLOUGH · trustee of 2 other charities
• INAYAT OMARAJI
• JOHN BYRNE
• John Kirk Shepley
• Sara Louise Sharrock

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

Operates in: Bolton

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Active Bolton.

• Active Bolton income £3.2m
• BOLTON WYRESDALE AMATEUR FOOTBALL AND SPORTS CLUB income £102k
• BOLTON WANDERERS COMMUNITY TRUST income £1.5m
• BOLTON TOGETHER income £1.3m
• BOLTON SOLIDARITY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £338k
• BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

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