SCAITCLIFFE COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1135343 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hiring of office space and rooms booking. Managing of neighbourhood Management project. Providing advice and information and sign posting to relevent agencies. Lunchoen club and social interaction for 50+. One stop for local community.

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM AND TO PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE SCAITCLIFFE AREA IN ACCRINGTON (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS 'THE BENEFICIARIES') PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE HOLDING OF CLASSES, LECTURES, SEMINARS, COUNSELLING AND DROP IN SESSIONS. 2 TO ESTABLISH AND MANAGE A COMMUNITY CENTRE TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH AGE, DISABILITY, SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID BENEFICIARIES.

Area of benefit: SCAITCLIFFE AREA IN ACCRINGTON

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 · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£108k
Latest spending
£79k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £372,164, which is above the charity's stated policy target of maintaining six months of running costs. However, the charity reported a net incoming resource deficit for the year and holds a significant restricted fund deficit of £237,250.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £372k)
“The Charity aims to build up and maintain sufficient cash reserves in its General Fund to enable it to continue to pay its running costs for 6 months.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£108k£79k
31/03/2024£58k£57k
31/03/2023£14k£54k
31/03/2022£29k£88k
31/03/2021£141k£53k

Common questions

Is SCAITCLIFFE COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £372,164, which is above the charity's stated policy target of maintaining six months of running costs. However, the charity reported a net incoming resource deficit for the year and holds a significant restricted fund deficit of £237,250. 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 Fund23/02/2024£17kOver 50's Luncheon Club
The National Lottery Community Fund18/11/2015£338kCentral & Spring Hill Neighbourhood Management
The National Lottery Community Fund08/09/2010£297kScaitcliffe and Spring Hill Neighbourhood Management
The National Lottery Community Fund20/08/2009£10kDigital Upgrade 2009
The National Lottery Community Fund22/01/2007£10kimprovement to health and safety and security
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2006£129kThe 'Step 2 It' project

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BOOTHFERRY ROAD COMMUNITY PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SCAITCLIFFE COMMUNITY CENTRE£108k—0unclear—no doubt
BOOTHFERRY ROAD COMMUNITY PROJECT FY2025£153k—0unclear—no doubt
LANGWORTHY CORNERSTONE ASSOCIATION LTD FY2025£513k—0unclear—no doubt
STOCKWELL PARK ESTATE COMMUNITY TRUST LTD FY2025£363k—0above—no doubt
AFGHAN EKTA CULTURAL/RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2024£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
BRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£164k—0below—no doubt

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