HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING RACECOURSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 507652 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Carpet bowls for all ages competing against other community centres. Ladies groups playing beetle and bingo and other games. Dancing classes for all ages, tap and modern, line dancing, art and craft groups, young peoples activities, social groups to encourage social inclusion and cohesion and others.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF HOUGHTON AND DISTRICT (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. (B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE ASSOCIATION AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING AND DISTRICT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £84,081 at year-end, resulting in a surplus of £888 for the period. The trustees confirm that reserves remain at a healthy level and the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, indicating financial stability despite increased expenditure on repairs and activities.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Risk management
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• PENELOPE WHITEchair
• ANN FOSTER BIRKBECK
• Audrey Elizabeth Teasdale
• Joyce Watson
• Linda Ather
• SANDRA TURNS
• Thomas Watson
• jemma jackson

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

Operates in: Sunderland

Income and spending

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