WOMBWELL MAIN COMMUNITY AND SPORTING ASSOCIATION C.I.O

Registered charity 1153248 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

User Groups currently using facilities:Junior and Senior Cricket Teams Junior and Senior Football Teams Pool Team Darts TeamKarateBody SculptKeep FitSlimming GroupJunior and Senior Street DanceOver 55?s club NHS group morningCo-operate Meetings for local businessesPolling StationHire of community hall for family functions e.g weddings, christenings, birthdays.

Objects

1.1 TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF WOMBWELL AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOODS, 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 LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE 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.1.2 THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING CRICKET AND FOOTBALL.

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 · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£345k
Latest spending
£362k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year and holds a negative unrestricted reserve of £1,078, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £20,000 to £30,000. The trustees acknowledge that this position increases financial risk regarding short-term cash flow and have identified improving financial resilience as a key priority. Despite rising operating costs and declining regular group bookings, the trustees maintain that adequate resources exist to continue operations for the next 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-1k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“The trustees aim to maintain a general reserve in the region of £20,000 to £30,000 at any one time. At the year end the actual level of reserves held, represented by unrestricted funds, was a deficit of £1,078” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment of £240 was made to CRB Building Services, a business owned by the brother of Trustee C Bond in the period ending 31 March 2025, for work to the bar roof.
“Payment of £240 was made to CRB Building Services, a business owned by the brother of Trustee C Bond in the period ending 31 March 2025, for work to the bar roof. (2024: £1,050)” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £48
“Pension liability 48” — page 13
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 (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnsley

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£345k£362k
31/03/2024£372k£369k
31/03/2023£377k£372k
31/03/2022£430k£332k
31/03/2021£159k£159k

Common questions

Is WOMBWELL MAIN COMMUNITY AND SPORTING ASSOCIATION C.I.O financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year and holds a negative unrestricted reserve of £1,078, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £20,000 to £30,000. The trustees acknowledge that this position increases financial risk regarding short-term cash flow and have identified improving financial resilience as a key priority. Despite rising operating costs and declining regular group bookings, the trustees maintain that adequate resources exist to continue operations for the next 12 months. 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 Fund04/03/2022£10kKeeping it Cut
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2021£10kWombwell Community Back Active
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2020£1kWombwell Main Community Sports Day
The National Lottery Community Fund16/05/2019£10kNot so Flush!
Sport England06/06/2016£75kNew changing facility
The National Lottery Community Fund13/01/2016£10kNew equipment to increase community activity participation