THE BLACKLEY CENTRE

Registered charity 1184714 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Blackley Centre is a Registered Charity working for peace, transforming conflict, andenabling good inter faith relations, providing quality hospitality at a centre in WestYorkshire. The Centre was founded by Blackley Baptist Church, with which it now works inpartnership from a shared site in the village of Blackley.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PROMOTION OF RECONCILIATION AND PEACE, RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL HARMONY AND EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND RETREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHRISTIANS AND PEOPLE OF ALL RELIGIONS AND BELIEFS AND TO ADVANCE RELIGION AND IN PARTICULAR THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN SUCH ACTIVITY. (2) THE PROVISION OF INDEPENDENT MEDIATION SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS, ORGANISATIONS AND GROUPS EXPERIENCING OR THREATENED BY DISPUTE OR CONFLICT, SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEIGHBOUR NUISANCE, ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, HARASSMENT, BULLYING, FAMILY OR COMMUNITY CONFLICT WITH A VIEW TO THE PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC ORDER AND FOR THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE WELL-BEING OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS, ORGANISATIONS AND GROUPS.IN THESE OBJECTS:“CONFLICT” MEANS ANY FORM OF CONFLICT BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES OR COMMUNITIES THAT MAY ARISE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE ARISING FROM PREJUDICE, VIOLENCE (WHETHER PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL), MISUNDERSTANDINGS, DISPUTES OR DISAGREEMENTS.

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 · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £4,900 for the year ended 30 September 2025, reducing its total net assets from £36,640 to £31,740. The trustees confirm that unrestricted funds of £31,740 remain well above the stated reserves policy target of £15,000. The filing indicates no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Blackley Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Mary Frances Taylorchair
• Guy Anthony Hirst
• Jean Edna Whitworth
• Karen Ainsworth · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT QUARTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev David Roberts Mayne · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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