SADDLEWORTH OUTDOOR PURSUITS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 702185 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BOARSHURST CENTRE

SOPA provides a 32 bed outdoor activity centre on the outskirts of Oldham, in greenfield Saddleworth.

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF OUTDOOR FACILITES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME AND EDUCATIONAL OCCUPATION FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY OF GREATER MANCHESTER AND ELSEWHERE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OR SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: THE COUNTY OF GREATER MANCHESTER AND ELSEWHERE

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

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31 January 2025 have been subject to an independent examination by Matthew Taylor of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. The examiner confirmed that no material matters came to his attention that would suggest the accounting records were not kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 or that the accounts did not accord with those records.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark mcLoughlinchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Councillor Pam Byrne · trustee of 1 other charity
• Janice Guest
• MARK JOHN JONES
• Trevor Baxter

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Lancashire · Oldham

Income and spending

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