OUR SALE WEST

Registered charity 1171262 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FIRS COMMUNITY CENTRE

Help Sale West residents to raise their opportunities and make their community an even better place to live in now and in the future

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF SALE WEST 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.THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY MAKING THE FACILITIES REFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOING OBJECT AVAILABLE FOR THE USE OF RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £47,628, with £20,313 classified as free reserves. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern with no material uncertainties, noting that while reserves are healthy, they are seeking to diversify funding sources to become less grant-dependent.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRIS SIMPSONchair
• DAN SHELSTON
• FREDA ELIZABETH EYDEN
• Jennie Neill
• RALPH RUDDEN
• Suzanne Kelly

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

Operates in: Trafford

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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