DARLINGTON INDOOR BOWLS CLUB LIMITED

Registered charity 1124781 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Indoor bowls club

Objects

TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR AND PROMOTE PARTICIPATION OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IN THE SPORT OF INDOOR BOWLING AND SUCH OTHER GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME CONDUCE TO THE COMFORT OR RECREATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE MEMBERS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, DARLINGTON.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £82,311, with a net incoming resource of £389 for the year. The trustees note that while rate relief was secured, rent relief from the local council has been withdrawn, creating ongoing funding dependencies. The charity maintains a reserves policy to meet working capital requirements and governance costs.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06525709

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Wm. Morisons Supermarkets Ltd — “Founded in 1980 through a collaboration of local bowlers, Wm. Morisons Supermarkets Ltd and Darlington Borough Council” (source page)
• Darlington Borough Council — “Founded in 1980 through a collaboration of local bowlers, Wm. Morisons Supermarkets Ltd and Darlington Borough Council” (source page)

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.

• MACEY, Anthony Mark — director, appointed 01/10/2015on trustee list
• PATTISON, Jane — director, appointed 01/04/2015on trustee list
• LYNCH, Martin Eric — director, appointed 29/02/2012not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Mark Macey
• Jane Pattison

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

Operates in: Darlington

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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