NORTON SPORTS CHARITY
Registered charity 1154688 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTON (TEESSIDE) SPORTS COMPLEX, NORTON RECREATION GROUND CHARITY
Provision of sports facilities for community use including those for archery, athletics, bowls, cricket, football, hockey, squash and tennis consistent with the objectives of the Charity. The Charity also owns a Community Interest Company providing social facilities, acting as the umbrella body for non-sporting activities and also to generate revenues for the Charity.
Causes: Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £542,283, which the trustees consider sufficient to keep facilities operational for six months if income ceased. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £88,059 for the year and reviewed its financial outlook as sustainable for the next two years. Reserves were noted as being below the stated policy target of £150,000.
Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £150,000 (held: £542k)
“The trustees have set a target level of Reserves of £150,000 in accordance with a documented reserves policy” — page 6
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Norton Sports Charity (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- James Hartley — Chair (source)
- David McCullogh — Charity President (source)
- Louise Harrison — Operations Manager (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
6 registered titlesin England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold); recorded price paid £85k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£551k
Reported reserves equal ~20.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (30/04/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- James Andrew Hartleychair
- Anthony Charles Johnson
- DAVID MCCULLOGH
- Dr CAROLE FROST
- Dr PETER WILLIAM FROST
- Jake Stephen Milner
- Nicholas Robert Collins
- WILLIAM RICHARD PICKERSGILL · trustee of 2 other charities
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Darlington · Durham · Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · North Yorkshire · Redcar And Cleveland · Stockton-on-tees
Income and spending
Common questions
Is NORTON SPORTS CHARITY financially healthy?
Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £542,283, which the trustees consider sufficient to keep facilities operational for six months if income ceased. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £88,059 for the year and reviewed its financial outlook as sustainable for the next two years. Reserves were noted as being below the stated policy target of £150,000. Its FY2023 accounts were independently examined.
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