GOSFORTH GARDEN VILLAGE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 522064 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We run a site for local people, with an all-year Tennis Club, a Bowling Club, four small allotments and the Garden Village Hall, opened in June 2012. It serves our sports clubs and W.I. It is used for exercise and recreation (e.g. Keep Fit, Tai Chi, and Yoga) and for meetings. It is also available for hire for children's parties and private events.

Objects

RECREATION GROUND AND INSTITUTE

Area of benefit: GOSFORTH GARDEN VILLAGE

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds decreased from £41,916 to £27,001 during the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a net deficit of £14,915. Total payments of £44,968 exceeded total receipts of £30,053, with significant expenditure on hall and grounds equipment and a new tennis club wall. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause them to believe the accounts were not properly prepared.

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 3 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 policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

• Graham Vickers
• Margery Lyons
• Paul Raymond Fisk
• William Gary Maughan

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).