BARTON ROAD CENTRE

Registered charity 1182276 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARTON ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE

The main aim of the Barton Road Centre CIO is to address and improve the health and wellbeing of people (primarily) in South Lancaster; to promote and develop intergenerational relations and generally to support our aging local people to live independently in our community for as long as they are able.

Objects

TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH LANCASTER AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, GENDER, ABILITY 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 AND RECREATION.TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

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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Latest income
£59k
Latest spending
£36k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £101,054 by the end of the financial year, supported by a net profit of £23,818. The charity holds total net assets of £127,251, with significant savings and investments held in cash and bank accounts. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were identified by the independent examiner.

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 4 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/04/2025£59k£36k
01/04/2024£50k£39k
01/04/2023£35k£31k
01/04/2022£19k£19k
01/04/2021£19k£23k

Common questions

Is BARTON ROAD CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £101,054 by the end of the financial year, supported by a net profit of £23,818. The charity holds total net assets of £127,251, with significant savings and investments held in cash and bank accounts. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were identified by the independent examiner. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2024£18kLittle Tornadoes
UK government15/07/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund30/05/2019£9kMemory Makers At Barton Road Centre
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/04/2019£10k"From Cow Shed to Community: Barton Road Community Centre"