Overall GiG Score: 5 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified

BOLTON COMMUNITY LEISURE 

To develop sport and recreational activities in Bolton.Oversee the management of leisure facilities.Monitor standards and improvements.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Established: 17 years
(20 years as a company)

01204331608

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23?£7,546£7,489£56£0£300£3000.51720
31/12/21£4,849£4,874£-25£0£244£2440.61670
31/12/20£4,527£4,609£-83£0£269£2690.72060
31/12/19£5,209£5,244£-34£0£352£3520.81960
31/12/18£5,784£5,799£-16£0£386£3860.81960
31/12/17£5,678£5,637£41£0£401£4010.91930
31/12/16£5,866£5,823£43£0£360£3600.72070
31/12/15£5,967£5,856£111£73£318£3180.72290
31/12/14£5,848£5,860£-12£40£207£2070.42030
31/12/13£6,114£6,387£-273£39£219£2190.42000
31/12/12£6,130£6,548£-417£52£493£4930.900
31/12/11£6,180£6,031£150£50£910£9101.82440
31/12/10£6,023£5,948£75£39£761£7611.500
31/12/09£5,855£5,600£255£33£685£6851.52340
31/12/08£5,773£5,541£232£38£430£4300.92330
31/12/07*£5,577£5,394£183£34£198£1980.42330

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 69%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
Who works here?
  • 172 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Bolton,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Farnworth Leisure Centre Changing Room Refurb &Gym Extension
£278,000 28/06/2013
Funding under Sport England's Improvement Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Farnworth Leisure Centre Changing Room Refurb &Gym Extension'. This project lists its main activity ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 48-79
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/12/2006, number: 1117186
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/12/2003, number: 04982682
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR07: 272 days late,
Main office

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Town Hall
Victoria Square
BOLTON
BL1 1RU

Objectives

1) TO PROVIDE OR TO ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION PHYSICAL EDUCATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THOSE LIVING AND WORKING IN THE BOROUGH OF BOLTON AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS SUCH FACILITIES BEING PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SUB-PARAGRAPHS OF THIS SUB-CLAUSE NAMELY:-I) THE FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED SHALL BE FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE SAVE THAT SPECIAL FACILITIES MAY BE PROVIDED FOR PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES MAY HAVE NEED OF THEMII) WHILE THE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED ARE THE COMMUNITY OF THE BOROUGH OF BOLTON AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD THE USE OF SUCH FACILITIES MAY BE EXTENDED TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO DESIRE TO AND CAN CONVENIENTLY MAKE USE OF THEMIII) IN THIS SUB-CLAUSE THE EXPRESSION PROVIDING FACILITIES INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE PROVISION OF LAND BUILDINGS EQUIPMENT AND OTHER PHYSICAL FACILITIES BUT ALSO THE ORGANISATION OF RECREATIONAL PHYSICAL EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR (WHERE REQUIRED) OF THE SPECIAL CLASSES OF PERSONS MENTIONED IN SUB-PARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS SUB-CLAUSEIV) THE FACILITIES PROVIDED SHALL BE SUCH AS WILL FURTHER THE SOCIAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY OF THE BOROUGH OF BOLTON AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD BY IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THAT COMMUNITY AND2) TO EDUCATE AND ASSIST YOUNG PERSONS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE BOROUGH OF BOLTON AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES AND SO THAT THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT THE FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE CHARITY LECTURES CLASSES AND TRAINING AND COACHING FACILITIES

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF BOLTON AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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