THE WINLATON CENTRE CIO

Registered charity 1160323 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WINLATON CENTRE

We are a community centre at the heart of our community. We are ran by a volunteer management committee. We employ three part time staff and have over 30 volunteers. We offer a range of activities including sports clubs, fitness classes, parent and toddler groups, youth club, lunch clubs and offer affordable room hire.We hold regular fundraising events and free family fun days.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF WINLATON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA 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.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £29,349 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £116,114. The trustees' report indicates that the charity maintains a policy to hold unrestricted funds covering at least six months of unrestricted expenditure, and the current unrestricted reserves exceed this target. The independent examiner confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and the accounts comply with the Act.

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 5 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
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aileen Henderson
• Beverly Henderson
• Donna Ratcliffe
• Josie Irving

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

Operates in: Gateshead

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LINWOOD COMMUNITY CO-OPERATIVE LTD.

• LINWOOD COMMUNITY CO-OPERATIVE LTD income £243k
• CENTRE4 LIMITED income £3.5m
• CASTLE HILL COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST income £174k
• HEXHAM AND TYNEDALE COMMUNITY TRUST income £311k
• HILTINGBURY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £122k
• BRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED income £164k

Side by side with its peers

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