HOWGILL FAMILY CENTRE
Registered charity 519278 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOWGILL CENTRE
The Howgill Family Centre aims to provide support for Children and Families throughout West Cumbria so that every child might have equality of opportunity to achieve their full potential. The organisation coordinates Centre-based activities, Home Support and Community outreach projects.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity held total reserves of £609,491, with unrestricted free reserves of £255,043, which the trustees state is above the targeted level of no less than £200,000. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, and the independent auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of expenditure, with a minimum target of £200,000 (held: £255k)
“The Trustees aim to maintain those unrestricted funds that are not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets at a level to provide working capital covering 3 to 6 months of expenditure relating to normal activities and anticipated service delivery. It is expected that, for the next few years, the level of these reserves will need to be maintained at no less than £200,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Dodd & Co Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Howgill Family Centre and Nurseries (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £25k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (68% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (20/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (10/09/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- BRENDA HOLDENchair
- Emma McCarthy
- Gemma Leadbetter
- Ivan Baldwin
- Lesley Sewell
- Natalie Reason
- WILLIE SLAVIN
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cumbria
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HOWGILL FAMILY CENTRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity held total reserves of £609,491, with unrestricted free reserves of £255,043, which the trustees state is above the targeted level of no less than £200,000. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, and the independent auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dodd & Co Audit Limited.
Who funds HOWGILL FAMILY CENTRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HOWGILL FAMILY CENTRE as a grant recipient include FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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