HURST BOWLING CLUB

Registered charity 1198978 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The pursuit of Lawn Bowls. The Club provides the local community with facilities to pursue Lawn Bowls and helping the LINK Visiting scheme.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF HURST AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING BOWLS (FACILITIES MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES).

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: Wokingham, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £105,092 for the year, driven largely by fundraising for a new clubhouse project. While unrestricted operating reserves are low at £13,878, the trustees note no immediate concerns about continuing as a going concern, despite acknowledging future uncertainties regarding membership levels and fundraising success.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hurst Bowling Club (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID EDWARD MAINchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• David Henry Ashley
• Eric Bowes
• John Hargreaves Reddihough
• Michael John Rees

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

Operates in: Wokingham

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MANSFIELD BOWLING CLUB.

• MANSFIELD BOWLING CLUB income £28k
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• ROYSTON BOWLING CLUB income £43k
• RUSTON SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB income £145k
• SOLIHULL INDOOR BOWLS CLUB LIMITED income £504k

Side by side with its peers

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