GARFORTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 515450 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activity is the management on a daily basis, of a community centre. The centre is available for use by the local community for a wide range of activities. The Association ensures that the centre is maintained to required standards, and manages the daily lettings of the various rooms.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GARFORTH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (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 EDCUATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS 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 STATURORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE ASSOCIATION AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES INTHE FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: GARFORTH AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the association's prime function is to run the hall for the benefit of the community, with booking levels in 2024 being higher than before. The document notes that annual rent is relieved by a 90% subsidy or rental support grant, indicating significant external financial support. Expenditure totals are listed, but no specific reserves or unrestricted fund balances are disclosed in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

• Risk management

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID LEROY
• DOREEN HAWKINS
• GORDON HALL
• MRS P A CASSIDY

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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