Burnley Leisure and Culture
Registered charity 1158520 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BURNLEY LEISURE
Performing artsOperation of sports facilitiesActivities of sport clubsFitness facilities
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £491,661, while the trustees note the charity has insufficient reserves to handle major unexpected adverse developments without direct support from Burnley Borough Council. The charity relies on continued grant funding and professional services from this related party, which the auditors confirm supports the going concern basis. The pension scheme is in a significant surplus of £4,957,000, contributing to total net assets of £5,712,757.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £492k; policy: insufficient reserves to ensure that it can deal with major unexpected adverse developments without direct support from Burnley Borough Council)
“The charity has insufficient reserves to ensure that it can deal with major unexpected adverse developments without direct support from Burnley Borough Council.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Remuneration paid to employee trustees for employment duties
“During the year remuneration of £18,852 (2024: £43,995) was paid to two (2024: one) employee trustees, in relation to their employment duties.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Professional services
“Burnley Borough Council also provides professional services to the charity under a service agreement which they were charged £312,935” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Ainsworths Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Burnley Leisure and Culture (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- INKLE, Jacqueline — director, appointed 20/10/2025on trustee list
- RAZIQ, Uzma — director, appointed 28/10/2024on trustee list
- CAINE, Judith — director, appointed 09/09/2024on trustee list
- BARNES, Callam James — director, appointed 05/09/2022on trustee list
- HAWORTH-PEARSON, Sharron Louise — director, appointed 06/09/2021on trustee list
- BUTTERWORTH, Ben — director, appointed 06/09/2021on trustee list
- BRADLEY, Ryan Spencer — director, appointed 06/09/2021on trustee list
- LIVESEY, Donna — director, appointed 05/12/2016on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£781k
Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Ben Butterworth
- Callam James Barnes
- Donna Livesey
- Jacqueline Inkle
- Judith Caine
- Ryan Spencer Bradley
- Sharron Louise Haworth-Pearson
- Uzma Raziq
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Burnley Leisure and Culture financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £491,661, while the trustees note the charity has insufficient reserves to handle major unexpected adverse developments without direct support from Burnley Borough Council. The charity relies on continued grant funding and professional services from this related party, which the auditors confirm supports the going concern basis. The pension scheme is in a significant surplus of £4,957,000, contributing to total net assets of £5,712,757. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Ainsworths Limited.
Government & lottery funding
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