HIGGINSHAW COMMUNITY PROJECT CIO

Registered charity 1125707 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HIGGINSHAW COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED, THE HIGGINSHAW AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL CLUB

Rugby league club from Juniors right through to open age level.Supporting Community projects to assist development of local groups, residents and families.The regeneration of the St Stephens School building into a Community Hub with facilities to assist the development and support of the Higginshaw community.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £1,464 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total funds increasing to £119,311. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, and the examiners confirmed no material matters required attention. The charity maintains a strict reserves policy where funding is ring-fenced for charitable activities.

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 4 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN HOWARTH
• BERNARD WARD
• JOHN PAUL SLATTERY
• KATHRYN WARD
• Kenneth Mellor
• PHILIP WARD

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

Operates in: Oldham

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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