EASINGTON LANE COMMUNITY ACCESS POINT

Charity number: 1093390
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

ELCAP is a local charitable organisation run by local people for local people providing training and educational opportunities, childcare and support as well as social and recreational activities. We work in partnership with many other organisations who complement the services we provide.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £402,036
Total expenditure: £352,073

Total income includes £57,000 from 57000 government grant(s)

People

9 Trustee(s)

50 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Durham
  • Sunderland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 December 1963: Standard registration
  • 09 September 2016: Funds transferred to
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
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Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Kay Louise White Trustee 10 December 2025
THE INDEPENDENT METHODIST ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED)
Received: On time
NORTH EAST CIRCUIT OF INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCHES
Recently registered
Ian Murphy Trustee 10 December 2025
None on record
Priyashanka Kulappu Gamage Trustee 10 December 2025
None on record
Susan Waterston Trustee 10 December 2025
None on record
RITA GREY Trustee 10 December 2025
None on record
DONALD TODD Trustee 10 December 2025
None on record
Linda Cleary Trustee 10 December 2025
None on record
David William Geddis Trustee 10 December 2025
None on record
Janice Embleton Trustee 10 December 2025
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £365.84k £200.35k £265.07k £306.86k £402.04k
Total expenditure £210.28k £277.56k £335.95k £375.79k £352.07k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A £0
Income from government grants £35.00k £35.00k £25.45k £28.00k £57.00k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 01 October 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 01 October 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 04 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 04 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 11 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 11 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 28 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 28 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 31 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 31 January 2022 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 5 OCTOBER 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 28 MAY 2002 as amended on 10 Mar 2022 as amended on 07 Nov 2024

Charitable objects

The charity's objects (?Objects?) are specifically restricted to the following: 4.1 To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Easington Lane, Hetton, Houghton-le-Spring and surrounding areas without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, race or of political, religious or other opinions, by associating together the said inhabitants and the statutory authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants; 4.2 To establish, or secure the establishment of, a Community Centre and to maintain and manage the same (whether alone or in co-operation with any statutory authority or other person or body) in furtherance of the Objects; 4.3 To provide transport facilities in the area of benefit for people who have special need of such facilities because they are elderly, poor or disabled, people with young children or those living in isolated areas where there are no adequate public transport facilities. 4.4 To relieve financial hardship, sickness and poor health amongst elderly people . 4.5 To advance education by the establishment and maintenance of a museum. 4.6 To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society. For the purpose of this clause ?socially excluded? means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one of more of the following factors: unemployment; financial hardship; youth or old age; ill health (physical or mental); substance abuse or dependency including alcohol and drugs; discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment; poor educational or skills attainment; relationship and family breakdown; poor housing (that is housing that does not meet basic habitable standards; crime (either as a victim of crime or as an offender rehabilitating into society). 4.7 The advancement or promotion of good health including the prevention or relief of sickness, disease or human suffering. The Charity shall be non-party in politics and non-sectarian in religion. The area of benefit shall be Easington Lane, Hetton, Houghton-le-Spring and surrounding areas.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

EASINGTON LANE DISTRICT, HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Linked charities

Linked charities
Linked charity 1093390-1 ELEMORE MINERS INSTITUTE AND RECREATION GROUND
Governing document
SCHEME OF 27 JULY 1977 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 02 OCT 2025
Charitable objects
THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF ELEMORE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.
Area of benefit
ELEMORE
Registration history
  • 12 December 1963 : Standard registration
  • 09 September 2016 : Asset transfer out

Contact information

Address:
Easington Lane Community Access Poi
The Access Point
Brickgarth
Easington Lane
DH5 0LE
Phone:
01915261071
Email:
info@elcap.org.uk
Website:

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