VOLUNTEER CENTRE BLACKPOOL WYRE AND FYLDE

Registered charity 1125184 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and develop volunteering

Objects

TO PROMOTE ALL OR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY WITH THE AREAOF BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH ANDTHE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.(A) WITHOUT LIMITATION OF THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, TO PROMOTE VOLUNTEERING INGENERAL, TO OFFER ADVICE ON VOLUNTEERING ISSUES AND PROVIDE SUPPORT AND TRAINING TOVOLUNTEERS, TO SUPPORT VOLUNTEER PLACEMENT ORGANISATIONS.(B) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THESE PURPOSES AND TOBRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, STATUTORYAUTHORITIES AND AGENCIES, COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE AREA OFBENEFIT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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 the charity incurred a deficit of £18,684 for the year, resulting from spending restricted fund surpluses from prior years. Per the trustees' report, the charity's unrestricted reserves of £59,455 are below the stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05756723

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.

• ORME, Philip — director, appointed 27/01/2023on trustee list
• LUCAS, Beverley — director, appointed 17/12/2019on trustee list
• JACQUES, Angela Rosemary — director, appointed 09/12/2013on trustee list
• SMITH, Elaine — director, appointed 09/12/2013not on trustee list
• SAGGERSON, Lynn — secretary, appointed 27/03/2006

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Jacques
• BEVERLEY LUCAS
• ELAINE SMITH MBE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jovanka Humble
• Philip Orme

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

Operates in: Blackpool · Lancashire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Side by side with its peers

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