POULTON-LE-FYLDE COMMUNITY HALL

Registered charity 1158292 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POULTON LE FYLDE COMMUNITY HALL, VICARAGE PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE

A centre for community life set in the middle of the rural township of Poulton-le Fylde in Lancashire. The centre offers regular exercise and dance classes with drama and musical productions. There are several activities for mums and toddlers and many local community groups and societies meet there. Activities also include fundraising events to improve the Hall

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE RESIDENTS OF POULTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, 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 AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.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.

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: Wyre, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £156,288 for the year ended 31 March 2026, driven largely by significant grant income from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Wyre Borough Council. Per the treasurer's review, the charity held a strong cash position of £105,166 at year-end, with the trustees confirming the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis due to expected liquidity over the next 12 months.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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

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• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
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• Volunteer management

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JANINE SARAH WELSHchair
• Amelia Kathryn MacPherson · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHRISTOPHER GANNON
• Edana Marguerite Gledhill
• Mark Carter
• Mike Rollands
• Trevor Lund

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VILLAGE HALL.

• VILLAGE HALL income £29k
• Weldon Village Hall income £30k
• THE BOURTONS COMMUNITY HALL income £34k
• BURTON-IN-LONSDALE VILLAGE HALL income £43k
• THE LANGTREE PARISH HALL FUND income £98k
• PADWORTH VILLAGE HALL income £60k

Side by side with its peers

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