EAST BIERLEY COMMUNITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION
Registered charity 1170748 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
EBCSA are centred around providing public benefit through the advancement of amateur sport including by providing facilities for playing football, rugby league or other amateur sports promoting health as the Trustees shall determine. The organisation shall promote the facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation that benefit the inhabitants of the local / wider community.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Animals · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £80,044 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by a significant increase in total income to £180,465. However, the unrestricted funds remain in a deficit of £33,505, which the trustees attribute to the continued use of general reserves to maintain operations while developing longer-term funding opportunities. The charity holds total net assets of £83,274 but carries long-term borrowings of £221,961.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of expenditure (held: £-34k)
“maintain the policy of holding reserves equivalent to three to six months of expenditure where possible.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- MARSDEN, Christopher Colin — director, appointed 24/06/2024not on trustee list
- PAGE, Nathan Luke — director, appointed 01/09/2021on trustee list
- FAGBORUN, Boluaji Akinbosola — director, appointed 01/07/2021not on trustee list
- ARMITAGE, Simon William — director, appointed 24/02/2016on trustee list
- WALKER, Andrew Mark — director, appointed 24/02/2016on trustee list
- ARMITAGE, Simon William — secretary, appointed 24/02/2016
Official officers record.
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
- ANDREW REDMOND
- ANDREW WALKER
- Bolu Fagborun
- Chris Marsden
- Nathan Page
- SIMON ARMITAGE
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bradford City · Kirklees · Leeds City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is EAST BIERLEY COMMUNITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £80,044 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by a significant increase in total income to £180,465. However, the unrestricted funds remain in a deficit of £33,505, which the trustees attribute to the continued use of general reserves to maintain operations while developing longer-term funding opportunities. The charity holds total net assets of £83,274 but carries long-term borrowings of £221,961. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds EAST BIERLEY COMMUNITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name EAST BIERLEY COMMUNITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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