EAST BEDLINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1150904 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

East Bedlington Community Centre is run by the Community for the Community. We hire out rooms and host a range of community and voluntary group activities including Welcome Hub and Food Bank, Activity Days, Pilates, Keep fit, Art Groups, Youth Club, Library Service, office space for East Bedlington Parish Council, Craft groups, Community Learning, Performing Arts and Residents Groups.

Objects

THE PURPOSE OF THE CHARITY AS HERE SET OUT REFLECTS THE WORDING OF THE RECREATIONAL CHARITIES ACT 1958 AND CURRENT BEST PRACTICE.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity faced fiscal challenges including increases in salary costs, utilities, and insures. Despite these pressures, the centre remained stable through support from the East Bedlington Parish Council and continued to provide community activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Keith Scantleburychair
• Dawn Elizabeth Crosby
• Glenda Devlin
• JENNIFER ANNE TINDALE
• Keith Grimes
• Leonard Smith
• RONALD JAMES THORNTON
• RONALD STRAUGHAN
• Rebecca Wilczek
• Roger Spriddell

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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