BEDLINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1151177 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide a friendly venue which supports many community activities which includes; education, health, leisure, meetings, parties, celebrations and entertainment. The centre is also a venue which provides a meeting place where members of the community can meet.

Objects

THE PROPERTY AND THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME SHALL BE APPLIED FOR THE PURPOSES OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF WEST BEDLINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE OF THE PROPERTY FOR MEETINGS,LECTURES AND CLASSES OR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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 · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £6,916 for the period ending 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit of £15,675 in the previous year. Total income decreased from £51,440 to £49,915, while total expenditure fell from £67,115 to £56,831. The filing does not disclose any specific reserves policy or going concern qualifications.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian Maurice Coldbeck
• Christine Eastlake
• Diane Wallace
• Doug Longstaff
• Russ Wallace

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

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