COLNE CITADEL

Registered charity 1158372 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COLNE CITADEL CIO

Colne Citadel opens mon to frid 10 am - 2pm as an informal 'drop-in' centre for refreshments, light lunches and company, We hold craft friendship groups mondays( all welcome), lunch, social/bingo tuesdays, 'Nattershack' fridays free, professional counselling service is available. Breakfast saturdays 10-12. Various wellbeing and support groups held throughout the year-please see facebook/ website.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF COLNE AND SURROUNDING AREAS, 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 LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

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 · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Pendle, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £27,530 for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven largely by restricted income spent in the current year and significant repair costs. Unrestricted funds decreased from £32,334 to £33,204, while restricted funds were fully expended, leaving a total net asset position of £33,204. The trustees believe the net asset position is sufficient to satisfy their reserves policy requirements.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2021 (received 07/08/2022, 38 days after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Colne Citadel (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• GREGORY WHITEOAKchair
• Gavin Melling
• Julie Whiteoak · trustee of 1 other charity
• Karl Marrion
• Linda Parker
• Philip Michael Johnson
• Rebecca Douglas

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COLNE OPEN DOOR CENTRE LIMITED.

• COLNE OPEN DOOR CENTRE LIMITED income £216k
• CEFN COED COMMUNITY CENTRE income £69k
• BOLTON BROWNLOW FOLD CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE income £26k
• PROJECT COLT income £201k
• SOUTH CROYDON CENTRE income £29k
• OPEN DOOR COLCHESTER income £48k

Side by side with its peers

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