WEST END (BURNLEY) CIO

Registered charity 1194444 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WEST END (BURNLEY) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

We operate West End Community Centre & we took this over in October 2020 under an asset transfer from Lancashire County Council. We use the centre to run a wide variety of activities that benefit local children, young people & families, in addition to which we enable other VCFS organisations to deliver activities that meet local needs. We also run a charity shop that includes a food bank.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:3.1.1. TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH WEST BURNLEY (KNOWN AS WEST END), AS BOUNDED TO THE NORTH BY THE M65 MOTORWAY AND THE RAILWAY LINE, WITH ROSSENDALE ROAD AND COAL CLOUGH LANE FORMING THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST BOUNDARIES RESPECTIVELY (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE AREA OF BENEFIT') BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS, IN A COMMON EFFORT TO PROVIDE FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID RESIDENTS; 3.1.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF NURSERY AND PRE-SCHOOL CARE AND FACILITIES; 3.1.3 TO RELIEVE THOSE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, DISABILITY, ILL-HEALTH, YOUTH, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FOOD BANKS AND ADVICE REGARDING WELFARE BENEFITS, HEALTH AND EMPLOYMENT.

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 reported a surplus of £16,467 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total funds carried forward amounting to £51,316. These funds are described as all liquid reserves held across two bank accounts. The previous year ended with a deficit of £35,023.

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What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Julie Ann Faircloughchair
• Anita Robins
• Annette Bailey
• Christopher Michael Keene · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lynsey Turmore
• Marie Durkin
• Rebecca Robins
• Sandra Mary Moolgoaker
• Sharon Marie Harrison
• Stephen Paul Reynolds

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST END WOMEN AND GIRLS CENTRE CIO.

• WEST END WOMEN AND GIRLS CENTRE CIO income £441k
• WEST END TERRIERS FC income £167k
• WEST LANCASHIRE CRISIS AND INFORMATION CENTRE income £1.6m
• WEST LONDON SYNAGOGUE ENDOWMENT FUND TRUST income £255k
• THE CENTRE, WEST CUMBRIA LTD income £251k
• GROUNDWORK WEST MIDLANDS income £4.1m

Side by side with its peers

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