BRECKON HILL COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE

Registered charity 1125513 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity directly delivers a range of services to individuals/groups from the local community. The Charity manages a local community centre. The Charity aims to develop the capacity and skills of the community of Middlesbrough in such a way that local residents are better able to identify and deal with matters that effect them and so that such residents can participate more fully in society.

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Latest income
£98k
Latest spending
£125k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free unrestricted reserves of £37,095 are below the trustees' stated policy target of £62,500 (equivalent to six months of fixed running costs). The trustees identified the main risk as being unable to secure sufficient funding, a risk they aim to mitigate through their reserves policy and by ensuring budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £37k; policy: 6 months fixed running costs (£62,500))
“At 31st July 2025 free reserves (i.e. those unrestricted reserves not designated or tried up in fixed assets) amounted to £37,095.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Funders the charity credits

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

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.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Darlington · Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · Redcar And Cleveland · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£98k£125k
31/07/2024£126k£120k
31/07/2023£104k£137k
31/07/2022£144k£129k
31/07/2021£172k£106k

Common questions

Is BRECKON HILL COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free unrestricted reserves of £37,095 are below the trustees' stated policy target of £62,500 (equivalent to six months of fixed running costs). The trustees identified the main risk as being unable to secure sufficient funding, a risk they aim to mitigate through their reserves policy and by ensuring budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BRECKON HILL COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRECKON HILL COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE as a grant recipient include THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST, MIDDLESBROUGH VOLUNTARY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£25kChurch & Communities Programme
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
MIDDLESBROUGH VOLUNTARY DEVELOPMENT AGENCYFY2025£535

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/03/2022£10kBreckon Hill Youthy
UK government02/09/2020£25kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Sport England19/05/2020£10kBreckon Hill Sports Engagement Project
The Mercers' Company08/10/2019£75kGrant to Breckon Hill Community Enterprise
The National Lottery Community Fund08/06/2016£10kNew kitchen with greater range of services
Sport England01/05/2015£9kMobile Skate Park
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2015£9kPrevention of Crisis Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2011£9kYoung Visions
The National Lottery Community Fund14/03/2007£124kBreckon Hill - Community Engagement Co-ordinator