KIPPAX MINERS' WELFARE SCHEME

Registered charity 523744 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KIPPAX WELFARE SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB, KIPPAX WELFARE SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB

A sports and social club with playing fields that provides a centre for various sports in the 'village' of Kippax, including football, rugby, cricket, weightlifting, golf SOME at both junior and senior levels.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF A RECREATION GROUND AND WELFARE INSTITUTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITNATS (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: KIPPAX, LEDSTON, GREAT PRESTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

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 · Education/training · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the club reported a surplus of £4,356 for the year ended 31st March 2025, following a surplus of £4,562 in the prior year. Per the balance sheet, net assets decreased from £171,651 to £163,070, primarily due to a reduction in funds from sporting sections. The filing is unaudited, with Smith Turner Chartered Accountants providing a compiled report rather than an audit opinion.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR TONY ATHAchair
• Barrie Higgins
• James Sean Carter
• MR KEV ROBINSON

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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