WESTVIEW COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1191394 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity has a small community centre wit free wifi access, supports children's and young people's activities, manages allotments, a park and community/social prescribing gardens. WCA is an active partner with the NHS, Council and other organisations. During the covid crisis WCA has led a whole town project to provide weekly food to over 1000 people in Fleetwood and surrounding areas.

Objects

(A)THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO BENEFIT FLEETWOOD WITH A FOCUS ON THE WESTVIEW NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.(B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES 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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £20,205 for the year ended 30 November 2024, increasing total net assets to £119,100. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £119,100, with significant cash balances of £113,523. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records, with no material matters requiring attention.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Eamon Timothy
• Julie Hickey
• LUCY FIONA MACNEILL · trustee of 2 other charities
• Liam Buswell
• Sandra Clarke

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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