TRAWDEN FOREST COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1158193 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Manage & care take a Community Centre which was gifted by asset transfer via the local council. Our aim is to maintain and upkeep the centre, so that people from the local area and it's environs have use of a facility which offers a range of daily group activities and also to enable them to privately hire the centre for family and personal functions. We raise funds continually for its upkeep.

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Latest income
£154k
Latest spending
£150k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves excluding property and subsidiary reserves were £165,943, with free reserves of £124,943. The trustees note that the charity is committed to self-funding two vital posts for the next three financial years following the expiry of grant funding, relying on income from the community shop to maintain financial self-sufficiency.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
The Charity had another successful year, with the Community Shop, as the Charity’s trading subsidiary, continuing to be our largest individual source of income with a substantial donation of £45,000 following their year end in 2024. — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Helen Hodkinson, trustee, is employed by the charity.
Helen Hodkinson, trustee, is employed by the charity. All transactions are at arms length and with appropriate conflicts of interest dealt with.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Trawden Forest Community Shop Limited
The charity owns 100% of Trawden Forest Community Shop Limited, company limited by guarantee. — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Trawden Forest Community Centre (matched by registered charity number).

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£154k£150k
30/09/2024£179k£150k
30/09/2023£144k£125k
30/09/2022£114k£102k
30/09/2021£78k£119k

Common questions

Is TRAWDEN FOREST COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves excluding property and subsidiary reserves were £165,943, with free reserves of £124,943. The trustees note that the charity is committed to self-funding two vital posts for the next three financial years following the expiry of grant funding, relying on income from the community shop to maintain financial self-sufficiency. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TRAWDEN FOREST COMMUNITY CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TRAWDEN FOREST COMMUNITY CENTRE as a grant recipient include LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITEDFY2023£20kModular Building and Sensory Garden