CONISTON SPORTS AND SOCIAL CENTRE

Registered charity 1121782 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the benefit of the inhabitants of Coniston and the surroundingarea facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation ofpeople who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth age infirmity ordisablement financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for thepublic at large in the interests of social welfare with the object of improvingconditions of life

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CONISTON AND THE SURROUNDINGAREA, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OFINDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY ORDISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THEPUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THECONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: CONISTON, CUMBRIA

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £15,771.67 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £55,461.07. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Treasurer notes a policy to carry a minimum reserve of £10,000, which is comfortably exceeded by the current unrestricted funds.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Coniston Sports and Social Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Wllliam Watsonchair
• Edward Crisp
• Ian Bowman Kelly
• Jack Procter Holmes

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CROSTON SPORTS CLUB.

• CROSTON SPORTS CLUB income £90k
• TOTTENHAM COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE income £467k
• THE CENTRAL SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL TRUST income £26k
• COVENTRY SPORTS FOUNDATION income £12.2m
• WALTON COMMUNITY & ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP income £76k
• SPORTING FOUNDATION income £329k

Side by side with its peers

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