Mangotsfield and Blackhorse Sports & Community Association

Registered charity 1168210 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLACKHORSE SPORTS AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, BSCA, MBSCA

Blackhorse Sports & Community Association maintain for the benefit of all neighbours and local residents, Blackhorse Playing Fields as an open space, allowing all neighbours and the wider local community to regularly use the playing fields and MUGA, for recreational activities. The Pavilion and hall are maintained and hired for use to the local community for either local groups or keep fit groups

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF EMERSONS GREEN, MANGOTSFIELD AND SURROUNDING AREA, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS2. TO PROMOTE PARTICIPATION IN THE AMATEUR SPORT OF FOOTBALL IN EMERSONS GREEN, MANGOTSFIELD AND SURROUNDING AREA, AT A GRASS ROOTS LEVEL ACROSS ALL AGES, ABILITIES AND GENDERS VIA THE PROVISION OF COACHING AND FACILITIES FOR PLAYING FOOTBALL AND IMPROVING OF HEALTH

Area of benefit: EMERSONS GREEN, MANGOTSFIELD AND SURROUNDING AREA

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 the charity had no outstanding debt at the time of the report and held unrestricted cash funds of £39,700. The trustees declared that any reserves carried forward would be spent on improving assets and maintaining facilities, with no funds materially in deficit reported.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Mangotsfield & Blackhorse SCA (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• GLYN VERNON ASHTONchair
• ANTHONY MATTHEW SMITH
• MR PETER BROWN
• STEVE RICKY LEWIS BROWN

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

Operates in: South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GOREFIELD PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION.

• GOREFIELD PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION income £100k
• MELTHAM SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP LIMITED income £134k
• VICTORIA PARK HARRIERS AND TOWER HAMLETS AC income £140k
• NORTON SPORTS CHARITY income £1.2m
• EASTBOURNE SAFFRONS SPORTS CLUB TRUST LIMITED income £229k
• ASHBOURNE RECREATION GROUND SPORTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP income £449k

Side by side with its peers

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