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.

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

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.

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

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