GLUSBURN COMMUNITY & ARTS CENTRE

Registered charity 1143053 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GLUSBURN INSTITUTE

Glusburn Community and Arts Centre (GCAC) provides facilities for local organisations serving the local community in particular meeting the needs of children, the elderly and the disabled. The range of services includes dance, drama, fitness and sporting activities.Additionally GCAC organises events aimed at furthering the arts and providing entertainment for the local and wider community.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE, OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, THE PROVISION OF A COMMUNITY AND ARTS CENTRE AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION, RECREATION, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS AND FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.

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: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£222k
Latest spending
£173k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £48,903 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £106,642. The trustees report that the charity has remained financially stable despite economic challenges and confirmed there are no uncertainties regarding its 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

Reserves policy: £35,000 (held: £107k)
“The trustees have adopted as their reserves policy that they should seek to maintain the sum of £35,000 as a reserve against short term financial difficulties.” — page 5
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: Bradford City · Calderdale · Lancashire · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£222k£173k
31/03/2024£156k£163k
31/03/2023£126k£99k
31/03/2022£92k£101k
31/03/2021£81k£80k

Common questions

Is GLUSBURN COMMUNITY & ARTS CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £48,903 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £106,642. The trustees report that the charity has remained financially stable despite economic challenges and confirmed there are no uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. 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 Fund19/08/2022£10kCommunity Sound Equipment
The National Lottery Community Fund16/05/2019£135kWidening Opportunities
The National Lottery Community Fund05/11/2014£7kAudience development - vital equipment