OCEAN ROAD CENTRE

Registered charity 1172910 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's main activities include various social, arts and crafts, youth and sports and fitness activities in addition to operating a canteen and hiring out rooms. The charity operates in the Ocean Road area of South Shields, to achieve its objectives to benefit people living in and around the area.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT PEOPLE LIVING IN AND AROUND OCEAN ROAD AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY IN SOUTH SHIELDS, 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 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 unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £535,655, with total funds reaching £2,141,249, driven largely by restricted grants for the youth centre. The trustees report that the charity has sufficient reserves to cover two years of running costs, indicating a stable financial position despite the pending audit exemption status.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% 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: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• AUDREY MCMILLANchair
• EDWARD STEPHENSON
• IAIN DUNCAN
• John Watson
• LES HODGSON
• Mohammed Abubakr Siddique

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

Operates in: South Tyneside

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with West Wight Sports and Community Centre Trust Ltd.

• West Wight Sports and Community Centre Trust Ltd income £1.3m
• KILMARNOCK ROAD CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED income £122k
• BRIGHTLINGSEA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £259k
• SOUTHERN HOLDERNESS RESOURCE CENTRE income £531k
• CENTRE4 LIMITED income £3.5m
• SOUTH SHIELDS FC FOUNDATION LIMITED income £252k

Side by side with its peers

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