BLACKBURN COMMUNITY SPORTS CLUB

Registered charity 1118089 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Football coaching and matches for 4 to 17 year old children, both able bodied girls and boys, children with disabilities and women.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY & IN PARTICULAR THE INHABITANTS OF BLACKBURN AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS:-1) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR PLAYING FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH ("FACILITIES" IN THIS CLAUSE MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES");2) TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE ACTIVITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND CONDITIONS OF LIFE;3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

Area of benefit: BLACKBURN AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £15,675, reducing its cash funds from £83,344 to £67,669. The trustees report that rising costs and a reduction in volunteers are placing increasing pressure on finances, though they maintain strong community partnerships. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• GREG WORSWICK
• Sanam Saleh
• Stephanie Worswick

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).