GRAPPENHALL YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1141611 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO BENEFIT THE INHABITANTS OF GRAPPENHALL WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION

Objects

A. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE INHABITANTS OF GRAPPENHALL AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. B. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE THE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: GRAPPENHALL AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £29,343 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £139,492 to £110,149. The trustees report that anticipated cost increases took a significant toll on results, though they maintained price rises to a minimum to support customers. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Paying staff
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07555639
• Trading subsidiary: THE BELLHOUSE CLUB LIMITED Companies House 07665779

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Grappenhall Youth and Community Association (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• NORMAN, Michael — director, appointed 17/12/2024on trustee list
• HOWE, Lisa Gillian — director, appointed 17/12/2024on trustee list
• ROBERTSON, David Stuart — director, appointed 17/12/2024on trustee list
• WELLBELOVE, Stephen — director, appointed 17/12/2024on trustee list
• MAIR, Virginia Ruth — director, appointed 17/11/2021on trustee list
• MARSH, Sarah Jenny — director, appointed 17/11/2021on trustee list
• POTHECARY, Sara — director, appointed 17/11/2021on trustee list
• WHITE, Paul Nicholas — director, appointed 17/11/2021on trustee list
• CUTTS, Christopher, Professor — director, appointed 17/11/2021on trustee list
• DUTTON, Vicki — director, appointed 17/11/2021on trustee list
• MAIR, Alan Macfarlane — director, appointed 17/11/2021on trustee list
• LEAVER, John Howard — secretary, appointed 08/02/2022

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/01/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Macrfarlane Mair
• David Robertson
• Dr Christopher Cutts
• Lisa Gillian Howe
• Michael Norman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Nicholas White
• Sara Pothecary
• Sarah Jenny Marsh · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Wellbelove
• Vicki Dutton
• Virginia Ruth Mair

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Warrington

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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