CITY OF STOKE ATHLETICS CLUB

Registered charity 1190724 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

encouraging community participation in heathy recreation and to advance amateur athletics in the area through the club by providing sports coaching and training and promoting participation and competition .

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT GENERALLY BUT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE INHABITANTS OF STOKE-ON-TRENT AND NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE:3.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR ATHLETICS AND SUCH OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING FITNESS AND HEALTH (FACILITIES IN THIS ARTICLE 3 (OBJECTS) MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);3.2 TO ADVANCE AMATEUR ATHLETICS BY PROMOTING, PARTICIPATION AND COMPETITION WHICH PROMOTE HEALTH BY INVOLVING PHYSICAL OR MENTAL SKILL OR EXERTION AND WHICH ARE UNDERTAKEN ON AN AMATEUR BASIS;3.3 TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR ATHLETICS, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;3.4 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (INCLUDING THEIR PHYSICAL AND ACADEMIC EDUCATION) BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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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Registered contact address: Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £26,063 in 2024, reducing total funds from £118,788 to £92,725. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds decreased to £56,945 while restricted funds remained stable at £35,780. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2025 (received 03/11/2026, 3 days after the 31/10/2026 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 01/09/2025, 305 days after the 31/10/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 12687357

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CLOWES, Jacqueline Ann — director, appointed 04/07/2022on trustee list
• HENDRICKEN, Kevin — director, appointed 20/06/2020on trustee list
• HEPWORTH, Nichola — secretary, appointed 08/01/2024

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jacqueline Ann Cloweschair
• Kevin Hendricken · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nichola Hepworth

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

Operates in: Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TEAM BATH ATHLETIC CLUB.

• TEAM BATH ATHLETIC CLUB income £161k
• SOUTHWARK COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST income £259k
• CITY OF NORWICH ATHLETIC CLUB income £98k
• FLEET & CROOKHAM ATHLETIC CLUB income £150k
• TOWNVILLE RECREATION AND SPORTS CLUB income £65k
• BIRMINGHAM SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TRUST income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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