BACUP FAMILY CENTRE

Registered charity 1129644 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Work with children, families and individuals, enabling people to bring lasting sustainable, positive change to their lives.To strengthen family relationships and help families to overcome their difficulties thus enabling children and young people to have loving and secure futures. Help people to gain a sense of self worth and respect, to care for themselves, family and their community.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF ROSSENDALE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, OR OTHER OPTIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE SOCIAL WELFARE AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF BEING A PRACTICAL EXPRESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

Area of benefit: ROSSENDALE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rossendale, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £22,621 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in net assets to £63,217. The trustees' report identifies securing funding as the organization's biggest threat, noting that the current grant climate is extremely hard and that reserves have been relied upon heavily. The charity's stated reserves policy target is six months of operational costs, which the accounts indicate is not currently met as the organization aims to rebuild reserves.

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 expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 05/02/2024, 5 days after the 31/01/2024 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bacup Family Centre Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Janice Elizabeth Lewerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alison Perry
• Joanne Emberton
• Kathryn Gill
• Leila Allen

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STOCKPORT FAMILY CHURCH.

• STOCKPORT FAMILY CHURCH income £56k
• FAMILY REFUGEE SUPPORT PROJECT income £255k
• Family Fund Trust income £44.9m
• SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN income £7.2m
• CARMARTHEN FAMILY CENTRE income £31k
• SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES income £176k

Side by side with its peers

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