THE CENTRE, WEST CUMBRIA LTD

Registered charity 1195606 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HUG A MUG MARYPORT LTD, THE CENTRE, WEST CUMBRIA

The Centre, West Cumbria is a Ewanrigg based charity that provides creative and social opportunities for everyone to connect, learn, and grow. Our vision is of a community that helps each other walk through doors of opportunity. By providing creative and social opportunities we will grow a community that creates positive change, improving life chances for individuals and future generations.

Objects

3.OBJECTSTHE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:-3.1 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A DROP-IN CENTRE PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON HOW TO ACCESS RELEVANT SERVICES, SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITIES; 3.2 THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, WELFARE SUPPORT, HEALTHCARE ADVICE AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT AND SIGNPOSTING DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO ACCESS EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, AND WELLBEING OPPORTUNITIES AND TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT;3.3 TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK OR VOLUNTEER IN THE WEST CUMBRIA AND SURROUNDING AREA, BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINING AND VOLUNTEERING AND IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY; 3.4 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £82,322 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward reaching £298,115. The trustees note that the accounts do not reflect a full 12 months of operational expenditure as the tenancy transition from the previous entity was completed during the year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £266,483, which is significantly above the stated policy target of £30,000.

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 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £55k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Julia Wardle
• Mary Teasdale
• Rebecca Woods
• Reece Pocklington

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTRE4 LIMITED.

• CENTRE4 LIMITED income £3.5m
• CUMBRIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £11.5m
• WEST END WOMEN AND GIRLS CENTRE CIO income £441k
• CENTRE 56 LIMITED income £546k
• Futureproof Cumbria income £1.8m
• CUMBRIA COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £174k

Side by side with its peers

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