TOWNVILLE RECREATION AND SPORTS CLUB

Registered charity 523980 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TOWNVILLE RECREATION & SPORTS CLUB

The provision of sporting and recreational activities for the people of Townville.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF AN INSTITUTE AND RECREATION GROUND 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: TOWNVILLE, AIREDALE, CASTLEFORD AND THE ADJOINING NEIGHBOURING DISTRICTS.

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£65k
Latest spending
£64k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £9,773 for the year ended 31 December 2024, following a net incoming resource of £6,104 in the prior year. Total unrestricted funds stood at £268,238, while restricted funds were £99,544, resulting in total funds of £367,782. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The average number of employees during the year was 9 (2023:8).” — page 13
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: twelve months (reserves figure: £268k)
“It is the policy of the trustees to maintain unrestricted funds which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level to provide sufficient funds to cover anticipated administration and support costs for a period of twelve months.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 02/04/2024, 154 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£65k£64k
31/12/2024£54k£55k
31/12/2023£84k£77k
31/12/2022£70k£64k
31/12/2021£28k£37k

Common questions

Is TOWNVILLE RECREATION AND SPORTS CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £9,773 for the year ended 31 December 2024, following a net incoming resource of £6,104 in the prior year. Total unrestricted funds stood at £268,238, while restricted funds were £99,544, resulting in total funds of £367,782. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE SURREY CRICKET BOARD1£19k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TINTWISTLE CRICKET CLUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TOWNVILLE RECREATION AND SPORTS CLUB£65k—0unclear—no doubt
TINTWISTLE CRICKET CLUB FY2025£13k——unclear—no doubt
SOUTHWARK COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST FY2025£259k—0below—no doubt
BURWELL COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE FY2025£120k—0unclear—no doubt
LLANGOLLEN SPORTS CLUB LTD FY2024£11k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TOWCESTER COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST FY2025£7k—0unclear—no doubt

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