JOHN POINTON SPORTS AND RECREATION FACILITY

Registered charity 1156093 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote, provide and/or assist in the provision of facilities for the benefit of the inhabitants of Cheddleton and the surrounding area for sport, recreation or other leisure time occupation of the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the conditions of life of the said inhabitants and in particular by provision of a sports and recreation centre.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, PROVIDE, AND/OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CHEDDLETON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS AND IN PARTICULAR BY PROVISION OF A SPORTS AND RECREATION CENTRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had no unrestricted fund balances, with total funds consisting entirely of restricted capital and income funds totaling £1,180,819. The trustees consider the financial sustainability to be secure based on historic and anticipated future cashflows, noting that the restricted income fund of £86,358 is sufficient for planned activities. The charity reported a net outgoing resource of £22,687 for the year, primarily driven by charitable activity costs exceeding trading and other income.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• MALCOLM FRANK CUNNINGHAMchair
• BARNABY KYFFIN WILLIAMS
• MICHAEL PHILIP WORTHINGTON · trustee of 2 other charities
• PAUL BAILEY
• TONY LACEY

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

Operates in: Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

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