SADDLEWORTH OUTDOOR PURSUITS ASSOCIATION
Charity number: 702185
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
SOPA provides a 32 bed outdoor activity centre on the outskirts of Oldham, in greenfield Saddleworth.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 January 2025
Total income: £28,624
Total expenditure: £21,350
People
6 Trustee(s)
7 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
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:
- Education/training
- Accommodation/housing
- Amateur Sport
- Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Other Defined Groups
- The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Where the charity operates:
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West & Chester
- Lancashire
- Oldham
Governance
Registration history:
- 31 October 1989: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
- THE BOARSHURST CENTRE (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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
6 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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| Mark mcLoughlin | Chair | 12 March 2001 |
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| Alan Swift | Trustee | 01 September 2024 |
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| MARK JOHN JONES | Trustee | 01 August 2024 |
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| Trevor Baxter | Trustee | 01 March 2024 |
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| Janice Guest | Trustee | 01 January 2019 |
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| PAM BYRNE | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/01/2021 | 31/01/2022 | 31/01/2023 | 31/01/2024 | 31/01/2025 | ||
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Total gross income | £14.52k | £19.03k | £19.22k | £18.74k | £28.62k | |
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Total expenditure | £7.22k | £13.25k | £19.25k | £15.12k | £21.35k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | £10.00k | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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 |
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| Annual return | 31 January 2025 | 21 October 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 January 2025 | 18 November 2025 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 January 2024 | 20 October 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 January 2024 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 January 2023 | 22 November 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 January 2023 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 January 2022 | 01 November 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 January 2022 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 January 2021 | 29 November 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 January 2021 | Not required |