ASKERN WARD COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP

Registered charity 1128737 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTH DONCASTER RURAL TRUST

The principal object of the Company is the regeneration of the Askern Ward in Doncaster.

Objects

A THE RELIEF OF POVERTYB THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENTC THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND PROVIDING WORK EXPERIENCE FOR THE UNEMPLOYEDD THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS OR TO EXISTING BUSINESSESE THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMSF THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSINGG THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIESH THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCEI THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIESJ THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTK THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCAREL THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME; ANDM SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£32k
Latest spending
£37k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,133, which is significantly below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure. The trustees acknowledge that achieving this reserve target is difficult at the present time, though they consider the charity to be in a strong financial position for the coming year.

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
“This amount would allow for any foreseeable costs in winding up the charity. This is difficult to achieve at the present time.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Government income: £16,755 — grants £16,755 (3); 52% of the £32,475 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £13,835 — grants £13,835 (4); 34% of the £41,074 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Government income: £13,737 — grants £13,737 (8); 61% of the £22,604 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 12/04/2024, 72 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 22/08/2022, 203 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Doncaster

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£32k£37k
31/03/2024£41k£35k
31/03/2023£23k£47k
31/03/2022£25k£13k
31/03/2021£10k£11k

Common questions

Is ASKERN WARD COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,133, which is significantly below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure. The trustees acknowledge that achieving this reserve target is difficult at the present time, though they consider the charity to be in a strong financial position for the coming year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2020£10kShakers
The National Lottery Community Fund21/04/2009£10kShakers Youth and Community Cafe

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WESTMINSTER PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ASKERN WARD COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP£32k—0below—no doubt
WESTMINSTER PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£94k—0unclear—no doubt
THE COMMUNITY OF RECONCILIATION AND FELLOWSHIP FY2025£152k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PARTNERSHIP TRUST FY2025£206kUnder £60,0000within—no doubt
DORSET COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£47k—0below—no doubt
ACORN COMMUNITY CARE FY2025£2.8m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.