BURNHOPE COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1162463 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity is now in possession of the new Burnhope community centre for the parish of Burnhope. The charity was set up to provide recreational and social activity for the wellbeing of the residents of Burhope Parish, which we now are able to do.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF BURNHOPE 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 COOPERATE 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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£164k
Latest spending
£182k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total expenditure of £181,900 exceeded total income of £163,891, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are limited, covering only a short period of future costs, and emphasize that continued strong fundraising is necessary for the charity's success.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grant-funding
“Grant-funding for our projects remained strong and is our main source of income (£134,424), growing in total by 34% from the previous year.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“We ended the year with three months expenditure designated as reserves, as recommended by the Charity Commission (£19,000), some Unrestricted funds (£14,032)” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“Whilst healthy from a cash-flow perspective this only covers our costs into next year for a limited period and our fund raising will need to continue strongly for us to be successful.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 45
  • Government income: £6,352 — grants £6,352 (4); 4% of the £163,891 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 45
  • Government income: £11,676 — grants £11,676 (6); 10% of the £115,333 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 35
  • Government income: £14,859 — grants £14,859 (11); 16% of the £90,214 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 16/03/2023, 44 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 07/09/2022, 219 days after the 31/01/2022 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£164k£182k
31/03/2024£115k£108k
31/03/2023£90k£67k
31/03/2022£54k£66k
31/03/2021£59k£26k

Common questions

Is BURNHOPE COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total expenditure of £181,900 exceeded total income of £163,891, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are limited, covering only a short period of future costs, and emphasize that continued strong fundraising is necessary for the charity's success. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BURNHOPE COMMUNITY CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BURNHOPE COMMUNITY CENTRE as a grant recipient include Point North Community Foundation, THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Point North Community FoundationFY2026£114k
Point North Community FoundationFY2024£39k
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East17/07/2025£10kGrant to Burnhope Community Centre
Community Foundation North East22/05/2025£5kGrant to Burnhope Community Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund21/08/2024£153kHealth and Abundance
Community Foundation North East30/05/2024£10kGrant to Burnhope Community Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund01/11/2022£42kAgeing Better Implementation Grant
Community Foundation North East20/10/2022£5kGrant to Burnhope Community Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2019£10kBuilding support for older and younger people
The National Lottery Community Fund16/11/2016£530kBurnhope Together
The National Lottery Community Fund02/12/2015£35kBurnhope Together

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DANESHOLME COMMUNICARE CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BURNHOPE COMMUNITY CENTRE£164k—0below—noted
DANESHOLME COMMUNICARE CENTRE FY2025£76k—0unclear—noted
BRYNNA COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£67k—0unclear—no doubt
BRINSWORTH COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£284k—0below—no doubt
EDENTHORPE COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION FY2025£33k—0unclear—no doubt
LENHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£76k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.