CHAIN LANE COMMUNITY HUB

Registered charity 1150969 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

As a community centre, we provide a base for four non profit organisation and two community spaces for hire for a range of activities. We are a community anchor, where people can come together, learn together and develop solutions together to provide a connected, resilient and well-developed community where residents and community potential are realised.

Objects

The charity's objects are to further or benefit the residents of York and North Yorkshire, and especially Knaresborough and the Harrogate district, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions, in any manner which now or hereafter may be deemed by law to be charitable, and in particular by:a) the advancement of education;b) the provision of 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.

Area of benefit: NORTH YORKSHIRE

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with £93,297 in cash, which is above its agreed reserve policy of £45,000 (three months' running costs). The trustees report that the charity entered the 2025 financial year in a robust position with an in-year surplus of £14,875.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Investing charity funds 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

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Leon Gregory Fijalkowskichair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Willoughby · trustee of 2 other charities
• Hasan Muhammad · trustee of 2 other charities
• Natasha Babar-Evans
• Nicholas Garrett · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Jane Sturgeon
• Wendy Hunwick-Brown

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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