MORECAMBE CENTRE (MEMORIAL HALL)

Registered charity 1209077 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MORECAMBE CENTRE

To Curate a space for the benefit and betterment of Poulton le Sands (Morecambe) local community. Primary focus on the educational, spiritual wellbeing and social enrichment, working in close association with Morecambe Parish Church.

Objects

“THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF MORECAMBE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

Area of benefit: MORECAMBE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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: Lancaster, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £13,360 for the period ended 15 December 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £13,360. The trustees state that a prudent reserve policy is equivalent to six months of expenditure, though the document does not explicitly calculate the total annual expenditure required to determine if the current reserves meet this target. The accounts were subject to an independent examination by Waters & Atkinson, which reported no material matters requiring attention.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Christopher James Michael Krawiecchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Claude Albert Cooper
• JAMES WILLIAM LUNN-ROCKLIFFE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lisa Jane Toner

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 MOTHECOMBE PRESERVATION TRUST.

• MOTHECOMBE PRESERVATION TRUST income £159k
• THE CONSTABLE MEMORIAL HALL EAST BERGHOLT TRUST income £31k
• ROSSINGTON MEMORIAL HALL income £40k
• MORECAMBE BAY PARTNERSHIP income £631k
• NEW MILTON MEMORIAL CENTRE income £133k
• MORECAMBE BAY FOODBANK income £288k

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