HIGHER BLACKLEY COMMUNITY ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1162134 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HBCO

To maintain the community centre and to provide facilities for recreation, leisure and education, and to promote health, well-being and community cohesion.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, FOR THE INHABITANTS OF HIGHER BLACKLEY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND ADJACENT AREAS, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND LOCAL INHABITANTS, ALONE OR WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN COMMON CAUSE TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR SOCIAL WELFARE, RECREATION AND LEISURE AND EDUCATION IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A COMMUNITY CENTRE, ALONE OR WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS, FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CIO IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.THE CIO SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION. IT MUST NOT DISCRIMINATE UNLAWFULLY AGAINST ANY INDIVIDUAL.THE CIO SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO AFFILIATE TO THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS OR TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS WITH SIMILAR CHARITABLE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£88k

Latest spending

£61k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that incoming resources amounted to £87,962 against expenditures of £61,218, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The closing unrestricted fund balance is £36,624, which the trustees intend to utilize for future charitable activities. The charity is primarily funded by grants from Manchester City Council and charges for venue use.

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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls 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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (12/11/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Bernard Priestchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Jacqueline Betney
Julie Connolly

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£88k	£61k
31/03/2024	£48k	£52k
31/03/2023	£48k	£52k
31/03/2022	£53k	£49k
31/03/2021	£33k	£44k

Common questions

Is HIGHER BLACKLEY COMMUNITY ORGANISATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that incoming resources amounted to £87,962 against expenditures of £61,218, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The closing unrestricted fund balance is £36,624, which the trustees intend to utilize for future charitable activities. The charity is primarily funded by grants from Manchester City Council and charges for venue use. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.