THE SPRING CHARITY

Registered charity 1121126 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SPRING LANE OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB

The Charity's aims are to benefit families in the Northampton area by the provision of activities and facilities for care,leisure and recreation;to promote social welfare by improving the conditions of life,and to benefit the public at large but especially those who are disadvantaged due to their youth,age,financial hardship or social,health or economic circumstances.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF NORTHAMPTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF OUT OF SCHOOL FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THE BENEFICIARIES WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTEREST OF THEIR SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS; ANDTO FURTHER BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF CASTLE WARD, NORTHAMPTON (WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS) BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND COHESION.'

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell to £35,648, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £45,000. Despite this reduction, the trustees remain confident in the future and believe the charity holds sufficient funds to sustain planned projects and cover contingencies.

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
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

• DUNCAN JOHN MCALPINE
• Winston Allister Strachen
• janice margaret freeman
• jill spiby

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Spring North Ltd..

• Spring North Ltd. income £2.8m
• SUPPORT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE income £550k
• THE SPRINGFIELD PROJECT income £1.7m
• THE SPRING PLAYGROUP CHARITY income £125k
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HEALTH CHARITABLE FUND income £1.3m
• SPRINGFIELD TRUST LIMITED income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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