DUNSTON COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD

Registered charity 1155927 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To offer a wide range of sporting, leisure and learning opportunities to benefit the physical and mental well-being of people living in the Dunston community, as well as the wider Gateshead community, regardless of age, sex, religion, political persuasion or physical and mental abilities.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF DUNSTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS; AND TO MANAGE AND MAINTAIN DUNSTON COMMUNITY CENTRE OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF, DUNSTON COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE ASSOCIATION AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE PURPOSE.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gateshead, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity started the year in a sound financial position with a healthy bank balance and unrestricted reserves of £69,136. The trustees report confidence in maintaining activities, supported by consistent rental income and grants, resulting in a total surplus of £8,027 for the year. Total funds increased to £127,196, with a designated building reserve of £55,000.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIAN LOWERY
• Brenda Clelland · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Stephenson
• JOHN KEITH LEE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Denis Hill · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Gateshead

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DUNSTON ACTIVITY CENTRE.

• DUNSTON ACTIVITY CENTRE income £234k
• CLUB DONCASTER COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £2.0m
• COULSDON COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION income £99k
• WOLSTON LEISURE AND COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST income £158k
• HURSTBOURNE TARRANT COMMUNITY CENTRE income £31k
• DUXFORD COMMUNITY CENTRE income £86k

Side by side with its peers

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