MILLOM RECREATION CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 702897 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MILLOM SPORTS HALL

To provide facilities for recreation, physical education or other leisure activites in Millom and the local area.

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR TO ASSIST IN PORVIDING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, PHYSICAL EDUCATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPAION IN OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE TOWN AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD AND SUCH FACILITIES BEING PORVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLWING SUB-PARAGRAPHS OF THIS SUB-CLAUSE NAMELY: (I) THE FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED SHALL BE FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE SAVE THEAT SPEICAL FACILITIES MAY BE PRVIDED FOR PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES MAY NEED OF SPECIAL FACILITIES. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMRANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASCOCIATION).

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£163k
Latest spending
£201k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £37,598 for the year, resulting in total net assets decreasing from £88,350 to £50,752. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £42,184 are maintained in line with a policy target of approximately twelve months of unrestricted expenditure. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: about twelve months unrestricted expenditure plus an allowance for any forecast shortfall on project expenditure (held: £42k)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level which equates to about twelve months unrestricted expenditure plus an allowance for any forecast shortfall on project expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 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.

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 31/07/2025

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Government income: £48,826 — contracts £15,000 (1), grants £33,826 (1); 30% of the £163,178 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £189,150 — contracts £189,150 (2); 100% of the £189,200 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £52,994 — contracts £15,000 (1), grants £37,994 (1); 31% of the £169,026 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2025 (received 15/07/2026, 45 days after the 31/05/2026 due date); year ending 31/07/2023 (received 05/06/2024, 5 days after the 31/05/2024 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£163k£201k
31/07/2024£189k£187k
31/07/2023£169k£217k
31/07/2022£175k£175k
31/07/2021£141k£102k

Common questions

Is MILLOM RECREATION CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £37,598 for the year, resulting in total net assets decreasing from £88,350 to £50,752. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £42,184 are maintained in line with a policy target of approximately twelve months of unrestricted expenditure. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MILLOM RECREATION CENTRE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MILLOM RECREATION CENTRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION, THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONFY2024£2kInteractive fitness mirror for this charity's Super Seniors activity club.
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024amount not stated

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England27/05/2020£7kCOVID-19 CEF
Sport England07/07/2010£10kRural Access to Sport

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 MILTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUNDS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MILLOM RECREATION CENTRE LIMITED£163k—0unclear—no doubt
MILTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUNDS FY2025£136k—0above—no doubt
PILLGWENLLY MILLENNIUM TRUST LIMITED FY2025£111k—0unclear—no doubt
MEASHAM COMMUNITY AND RECREATION CENTRE FY2025£226k—0above—no doubt
RED LODGE MILLENNIUM CENTRE LTD FY2025£99k—0below—no doubt
SAXMUNDHAM SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL CLUB FY2025£75k—0unclear—no doubt

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