THE BLACKPOOL BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB

Registered charity 1165659 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BBGC

Objectives and aimsThe general objects of the Club are to promote the mental, physical and social well-being of boys and girls resident in the Blackpool area; to collect funds for administration and to administer such monies as may from time to time be subscribed for the benefit of the Club and its members; and to arrange and provide such outside activities as

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF [AGE ] LIVING IN [AREA OF BENEFIT] BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: (A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £63,399, with unrestricted reserves at £54,569. The trustees report that the charity's financial position is sound, although they acknowledge that current reserves are below their stated policy target of holding three months of operational funding.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• FIONA MARTINE VALENTINEchair
• BENJAMIN Anthony RILEY
• Neil Joseph Cronin
• PENNY O'BRIEN GLEESON

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

Operates in: Blackpool

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BLACKPOOL FC COMMUNITY TRUST.

• BLACKPOOL FC COMMUNITY TRUST income £3.3m
• WALLSEND BOYS CLUB income £920k
• CLAPTON COMMON BOYS CLUB income £621k
• CLUB 66 BOYS CLUB income £639k
• BBGC income £267k
• WILTSHIRE SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS income £809k

Side by side with its peers

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