SKELMERSDALE ECUMENICAL CENTRE

Registered charity 1184507 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trustees provide and maintain the premises for use under the provisions of the Sharing of ChurchBuildings Act 1969 and in accordance with a sharing agreement made between the sharing Churches.The premises comprise a part designated and set apart for use as a chapel, a part for community use anda part set aside for charitable activities by the Centre/hired by other voluntary organisations

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£155k
Latest spending
£152k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £244,755 in 2023 to £155,350 in 2024, driven by a net payment of £6,158 against general funds. The charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £33,976 and carries liabilities including a £6,313 Bounce Back Loan and £11,331 in other creditors.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£155k£152k
31/12/2023£233k£245k
31/12/2022£155k£153k
31/12/2021£175k£162k
31/12/2020£197k£223k

Common questions

Is SKELMERSDALE ECUMENICAL CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased from £244,755 in 2023 to £155,350 in 2024, driven by a net payment of £6,158 against general funds. The charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £33,976 and carries liabilities including a £6,313 Bounce Back Loan and £11,331 in other creditors.

Who funds SKELMERSDALE ECUMENICAL CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SKELMERSDALE ECUMENICAL CENTRE as a grant recipient include LADY HEWLEY'S CHARITY, GRANTSCAPE.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LADY HEWLEY'S CHARITYFY2023£40k
GRANTSCAPEFY2023£25kToilet Block and Storage Area
GRANTSCAPEFY2023£25kToilet Block and Storage Area
LADY HEWLEY'S CHARITYFY2025£16k
LADY HEWLEY'S CHARITYFY2024£10k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government05/10/2020£33kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund13/10/2016£24kSEC Community Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund17/09/2014£9kAppetite for Elderly Engagement (AEE)

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PAUL SKELMERSDALE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SKELMERSDALE ECUMENICAL CENTRE£155k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PAUL SKELMERSDALE FY2025£118k—0unclear—noted
CENTRE CHURCH FY2024£145k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. CLEMENT WITH ST. MARK, NOTTING DALE AND ST. JAMES, NORLANDS FY2025£257k—0unclear—no doubt
FOREST COMMUNITY CENTRE (MELKSHAM) FY2025£128k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ELLESMERE CENTRE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£103k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.