WIGAN AND LEIGH COMMUNITY CHARITY

Charity number: 1163945
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We aim to provide services and support to the local community in areas such as Food Poverty, Mental Health support, reducing Social Isolation, supporting people with Disabilities, and supporting people back into Skills training and Employment.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £275,244
Total expenditure: £311,521

Total income includes £4,596 from 2 government grant(s)

People

3 Trustee(s)

3 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
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Wigan

Governance

Registration history:
  • 13 October 2015: Standard registration
  • 07 July 2025: Funds received from 1062051 THE HINDLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • ABRAM WARD COMMUNITY CO-OPERATIVE (Working name)
  • ABRAM WARD COMMUNITY CHARITY (Previous name)
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
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • 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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Helena Birch Trustee 29 January 2025
None on record
Kerry Whittle Trustee 13 July 2022
None on record
SONYA FAYE BITHELL Trustee 13 July 2022
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 £245.11k £221.39k £307.80k £244.49k £275.24k
Total expenditure £172.12k £193.95k £210.48k £277.61k £311.52k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A £91.50k N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A £70.31k £4.60k

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 29 January 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 29 January 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 29 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 29 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 08 February 2024 8 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 08 February 2024 8 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 20 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 20 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 30 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 30 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 INCORPORATED 09 APR 2015 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25/09/2015 as amended on 13 Mar 2021 as amended on 13 Mar 2021

Charitable objects

3. The promotion of the benefit of the inhabitants of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan 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. The promotion of community capacity building to develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and economically disadvantaged communities of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in such a way that they are better able to identify and help meet their own needs and participate more fully in society 5. The promotion of equality and diversity for the public benefit by: (a) the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of race, gender, disability , sexual orientation or religion; (b) advancing education and raising awareness in equality and diversity; (c) promoting activities to foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds; (d) conducting or commissioning research on equality and diversity issues and publishing the results to the public; (e) cultivating a sentiment in favour of equality and diversity. 6. The promotion of sustainable development [Sustainable development means “development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”] 7. The relief of poverty [“To prevent or relieve poverty by awarding a ‘fair trade mark’ to products, the sale of which relieves the poverty of producers by ensuring they receive at least a fair price for their goods and advising such producers of the best ways in which to engage in the trading process.”] 8. The promotion of social inclusion [“The promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit amongst people between the ages of 16 to 60 who are socially excluded by providing them with an opportunity to build capacity by establishing and growing a business to relieve the needs of those people and assist them to integrate into society.”] 9. The Charity shall be non-party in politics and non-sectarian in religion.

Contact information

Address:
Wigan and Leigh Community Charity
PLATT BRIDGE COMMUNITY ZONE
81 RIBBLE ROAD
PLATT BRIDGE
WIGAN
WN2 5EG
Phone:
01942732022
Email:
d.baxter@wlcommunity.org.uk
Website:

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