LOWES BARN COMMUNITY PROJECT CIO

Registered charity 1192101 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Merryoaks Community Hall

To establish a Community Centre for Durham City South West and neighbourhoods, based on the work of the Lowes Barn Community Project small charity constituted in 2017. There is a rapidly growing population here which lacks such a facility. The LBCP CIO will provide a community led programme of healthy recreation and well-being for all including community activities, exercise, music, arts & crafts.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE INHABITANTS OF DURHAM CITY SOUTH WEST (INCLUDING NEVILLE'S CROSS, CROSSGATE MOOR, MERRYOAKS, SHERATON PARK, MOUNT OSWALD AND STONEBRIDGE) AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF, 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 EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS.2) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF 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 OBJECT.

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 · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £70,593 against a stated policy target of holding reserves equivalent to 6 months to 2 years of budgeted expenditure. The trustees report that the financial position is robust, noting a net movement in funds of £13,625 for the year and total net assets of £772,779.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

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

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~25.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Glen Eric Walkerchair
• Claire Louise Murray-Kemp
• Dr Susan Ann Walker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Leanne Murray Kemp
• Robert Alan Doig · trustee of 1 other charity
• SUZANNE MCGOAY
• WILLIAM HAROLD GREEVES · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Barnham and Eastergate Community Trust.

• Barnham and Eastergate Community Trust income £281k
• CC FOUNDATION income £187k
• LOUGHBOROUGH COMMUNITY CENTRE income £472k
• LOWER GREEN COMMUNITY CIO income £173k
• COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP (LEICESTERSHIRE) income £158k
• HIGHCROFT COMMUNITY CENTRE CIO income £47k

Side by side with its peers

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