COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF LANCASHIRE

Registered charity 702233 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMMUNITY FUTURES

Promotion of any charitable purposes for the benefit of communities in the county of Lancashire and elsewhere primarily but not exclusively by the advancement of education, research, development, advocacy and training, the protection and enhancement of the environment, the preservation of good health, the relief of sickness and relief of those in necessitous circumstances

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITIES IN THE PALATINE COUNTY OF LANCASHIRE AND ELSEWHERE (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE AREA OF BENEFIT) PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ADVOCACY AND TRAINING, THE PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, THE PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND RELIEF OF THOSE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF LANCASHIRE AND ELSEWHERE

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Preston, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £65,126 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £737,720 and expenditure of £656,337. Free reserves stood at £117,309, which the trustees acknowledge is below their stated policy target of £170,000, though they intend to monitor and restore this level. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with sufficient cash resources to meet liabilities for at least 12 months.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Awards for All — “highlighting our Lancashire Village Halls Together project, funded by Awards for All” (source page)
• The National Lottery Community Fund — “Lancashire Village Halls Together (LVHT) project, funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, Awards for All.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (16/12/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/08/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (30/03/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (28/11/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Allen
• Daniel James Dixon
• Dr Phillip Henry Smith MBE
• John Lawrence Hymas
• SUSAN COTTON

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE WEST LANCASHIRE.

• COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE WEST LANCASHIRE income £211k
• COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £583k
• LYMINGTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £778k
• CLAYHALL COMMUNITY CENTRE income £304k
• LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO income £4.8m
• CHESHIRE COMMUNITY COUNCIL income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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