PEGSWOOD RECREATION GROUND AND SOCIAL WELFARE CENTRE

Registered charity 522124 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Friendship Group, Dominoes, Bingo, Tea Dance, Tribal Dancing, Snooker, Line Dancing, Carpet Bowls, Whist Drive, Irish Country Dancing, Scottish Country Dancing, Ballroom Dancing, Table Tennis, Drum Classes and Children's Dance Class, Taekwondo, PIYo, Tai Chi and Eskrima. We also have 2 large halls and a kitchen which are rented out for children's parties, discos, over 50's lunches.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF A RECREATION GROUND AND WELFARE INSTITUTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS (AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, SUCH OF THE SAID INHABITANTS AS ARE MEMBERS OF THE MINING COMMUNITY) OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS;

Area of benefit: PARISH OF PEGSWOOD

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Northumberland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£37k
Latest spending
£42k
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £4,634 from £8,527 in the prior year, while restricted reserves stood at £11,607. The charity reported a net expenditure of £4,941 against incoming resources of £41,662, resulting in a net movement in funds of £(4,941). The trustees note that the going concern assumption depends on continued grant funding support.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which assumes that the Welfare Centre will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The validity of this assumption depends on the continued support of grant funding, which the Board of Trustees is confident will continue.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Government income: £3,123 — contracts £550 (1), grants £2,573 (1); 9% of the £36,722 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Government income: £2,832 — grants £2,832 (3); 8% of the £36,813 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 06/02/2026, 98 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 17/12/2024, 47 days after the 31/10/2024 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025——
31/12/2024£37k£42k
31/12/2023£35k£39k
31/12/2022£37k£37k
31/12/2021£38k£44k

Common questions

Is PEGSWOOD RECREATION GROUND AND SOCIAL WELFARE CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £4,634 from £8,527 in the prior year, while restricted reserves stood at £11,607. The charity reported a net expenditure of £4,941 against incoming resources of £41,662, resulting in a net movement in funds of £(4,941). The trustees note that the going concern assumption depends on continued grant funding support. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/01/2020£2kHealth through Activity
Community Foundation North East15/10/2018£250Donation
Community Foundation North East23/10/2017£250Donation
Community Foundation North East25/10/2016£250Donation
The National Lottery Community Fund11/05/2016£5kReplacement of Existing Central Heating Boilers
The National Lottery Community Fund11/04/2013£8kFlat Roof Recovery
The National Lottery Community Fund17/06/2005£2kOver 50s club
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/10/2003£39k"Pegswood Mining Heritage Project"

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MIZZYMEAD RECREATION CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PEGSWOOD RECREATION GROUND AND SOCIAL WELFARE CENTRE£37k—0unclear—noted
MIZZYMEAD RECREATION CENTRE FY2026£300k—0unclear—no doubt
CHOPPINGTON SOCIAL WELFARE CENTRE FY2025£42k—0unclear—no doubt
LONGTOWN MEMORIAL HALL COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2026£113k—0below—no doubt
BEIGHTON WELFARE RECREATION GROUND FY2025£36k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WICKFORD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£186k——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.