WOOLER DROP IN CENTRE

Registered charity 1196662 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance in life and help young people aged 11 and over who are resident in Wooler and the surrounding area of Glendale in the Districts of Alnwick and Berwick through:(a) The provision of recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life;(b) Providing support and activities which develop their skills.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 11 AND OVER WHO ARE RESIDENT IN WOOLER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OF GLENDALE IN THE DISTRICTS OF ALNWICK AND BERWICK UPON TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Area of benefit: LOCALTHE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 11 AND OVER WHO ARE RESIDENT IN WOOLER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OF GLENDALE IN THE DISTRICTS OF ALNWICK AND BERWICK UPON TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £6,309 at the period end, which is below the stated policy target of covering winding up costs. The charity reported a net deficit of £17 for the year, with total receipts of £36,722 and total payments of £36,739.

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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 07/03/2024, 36 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — wooler drop-in centre (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ADRIAN PARDEY
• Nicholas William David Baxter
• Nigel Clynick
• Philip William O'Leary

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with W4 YOUTH LIMITED.

• W4 YOUTH LIMITED income £68k
• WMVS CHILDREN IN CARE FOUNDATION income £233k
• WOOLWELL COMMUNITY RESOURCE TRUST income £415k
• WCA income £499k
• Y SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE income £282k
• WOLVERHAMPTON YOUTH ZONE income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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