ASTLEY COMMUNITY RECREATION

Registered charity 1196535 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASTLEY ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL GROUND, ASTLEYS COMMUNITY RECREATION

Provide facilities in Calderdale for amateur football clubs and organisations to use

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CALDERDALE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Get email alerts

Latest income
£27k
Latest spending
£246k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £505,171.19 in free reserves, derived from a substantial bequest from Michael Shepperd, which is held specifically to build a clubhouse. The independent examiner confirmed the bank balances and noted that the charity's gross income exceeded £250,000, qualifying for an independent examination rather than a full audit.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Bequests
“A substantial bequest from Michael Shepperd effectively established the Charity and all the funds have now been received.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
11/11/2025£27k£246k
11/11/2024£389k£47k
11/11/2023£209k£58k
11/11/2022£14k£14k

Common questions

Is ASTLEY COMMUNITY RECREATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds £505,171.19 in free reserves, derived from a substantial bequest from Michael Shepperd, which is held specifically to build a clubhouse. The independent examiner confirmed the bank balances and noted that the charity's gross income exceeded £250,000, qualifying for an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£3kSmall Grants