WHITEWELL BOTTOM COMMUNITY CENTRE CIO
ANNUAL REPORT
YEAR ENDING 31[ST] DECEMBER 2025
VISION
Our vision is to provide a warm, welcoming building for the use of residents and to encourage people of all ages to join together for activities and social interaction.
## CONTENTS
Legal and administrative information
Policies of the charity
Trustees
Activities, achievements and performance
Financial review
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
Name of charity: Whitewell Bottom Community Centre CIO
Registered charity number: 1178687
Governing document: Constitution dated 22[nd] May 2018
Official address: Whitewell Bottom Community Centre, Burnley Road East, Rossendale BB4 9LB Charitable objects
Our charitable objectives, as laid our in the governing document are:
To further or benefit the residents of Whitewell Bottom and the surrounding neighbourhoods, without distinction of gender, sexual orientation, race, political, religious or other opinions by associating together the said residents and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation of improving the conditions of life for the residents.
The building was built by Lancashire County Council as a youth and community centre and opened in 1986
The Whitewell Bottom Community Association was constituted in 1988 and became a registered charity soon after.
In 2018 a lease was signed with LCC for 120 years at a peppercorn rent. In the same year a new constitution of Whitewell Bottom Community Centre CIO was approved in May and the new charity was signed in June 2018
## AGENDA FOR AGM HELD ON 21 MAY 2026 AT 6.30PM
- 1 Welcome from chair.
- 2 Attendance sheet.
- 3 Apologies for absence
- 4 Minutes of the AGM held on 11 June 2025 to be approved.
- 5 Approval of the accounts.
- 6 Approval of our independent advisor Lumb Accountacy Services
- 7 Policies and procedures
- 8 Election of trustees. No existing trustees need to be reelected but new ones invited.
- 9 Confirmation of first officer roles
- 10 Review of achievements and plans for the next year.
## Trustees from June 2025
Jackie Oakes – chair John Dawson – vice -chair Amanda Robertson – secretary Julie Adshead- treasurer Chris Thomas Carmen Carlton David Easton – to April 2026 Basis for appointing trustees
New or replacement trustees are appointed by the existing trustees. There must be a minimum of 3 people but not subject to any maximum.
## Reporting of serious incidents (RSI)
The trustees confirm that during the period covered in this annual report the charity did not experience any serious incidents or other matters that should have been brought to the attention of the Charity Commission.
The trustees believe they have complied with their duty to ensure that the charity has worked for the public benefit. All officers and trustees have given their time and services for free.
Bankers Our bankers are:
Nat West
Independent examiner:
Mr Martin Urquhart FCCA of Lumb Accountancy Services Ltd.
Reserves policy
The charity confirms that all funds are to be used for the on-going work. It is our policy that when or if the amount in the bank falls below £10,000 it must be discussed and action taken at the next meeting of the trustees.
## Policies of the charity
These have been revised and approved by the trustees this year by Gareth, one of our volunteers.
Banking CCTV Complaints Conflict of interest Confidentiality Date Protection Employee disciplinary procedures Volunteer disciplinary procedures Environmental Equal opportunities and equality and diversity Health and safety Internet usage Lone working Political parties Safeguarding Sickness absence Social media Volunteers Whistleblowing
The trustees would like to that our staff, Robyn and our volunteers for all their hard work. We encourage others to come forward as volunteers.
## Comments for some users of the centre;
I wholeheartedly support the fantastic team of volunteers who make Whitewell Bottom Community Centre such a **vital** part of our local community.
I attend weekly yoga, as well as summer fairs & parties, and am so grateful to have such a friendly and welcoming space so close to home.
From breakfast clubs; fun days; fitness & craft sessions; group activities for local children; gardening & horticultural opportunities and so much more, it's a truly wonderful place. The fact there's only 1 part time paid worker is incredible - imagine what could be offered to involve even more of the locals if there was more funding! We need to cherish our local community centres. ❤️
“Without the use of Whitewell Bottom community centre our residents would not have a safe space to undertake the therapy work we deliver. Over the years that the residents have been attending the centre they have been made to feel welcomed in a non-judgemental environment. This is extremely important as many of our residents face mental health struggles, have fled domestic violence, experienced homelessness, and have been separated from their families. Whitewell Bottom community centre not only provides a safe space for healing, it supports residents to grow by offering access to the other groups that are held and the centre and volunteering opportunities. This kind of community partnership work is invaluable to improving our local
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‘I love coming to the centre’
‘It’s been a life line to me’
‘its cheap, warm and friendly’
‘so friendly and welcoming’
‘it helped me to keep busy and gain new skills and contact with the local community’
‘It’s a meeting place for all the community’
‘staff are nice, kind and welcoming’
‘somewhere to go outside your home, always someone to talk to about your problems’
## REPORT OF AGM HELD ON 11/6/25 AT 1PM
The meeting was held after a wonderful corned beef hash made by Robyn, Jackie, Emma and Amanda followed by cakes.
28 people were present all but one from Rossendale.
Julie Adshead chaired the meeting due to apologies of absence from Tracy Cuthbertson as she was working.
Trustees Jackie Oakes, Julie Adshead, Chris Thomas, Carmen Carlton, Dave Easton and Amanda Robertson were present.
Apologies were received from John Dawson and Tracy Cuthbertson.
The minutes of the last AGM held on 22[nd] May 2024 were accepted as a true record.
The accounts have not yet been received from Martyn Urquhart. When they are they will be approved by the trustees and circulated on facebook with the report which has already been circulated at the meeting.
Policies and procedures. These are checked throughout the year and will be signed by the chair at the next trustees meeting.
Elections
As they have served for 3 years John Dawson and Julie Adshead were re-elected unanimously by the trustees.
Tracy Cuthbertson and Klair Ward both resigned as trustees due to work commitments. Julie thanked Tracy for her work as chair and wished both well in the future.
## Officers
As there was only 1 application for each post the following were selected to serve for 2 years:
Chair- Jackie Oakes
Vice-chair – John Dawson
Secretary – Amanda Robertson
Treasurer – Julie Adshead. Julie will continue to oversee the policies.
Other trustees: Carmen, Chris, Dave
Jackie took the opportunity to thank all volunteers for the hard work they put in to make the centre so friendly and safe. Robyn was presented with flowers and a card to thank her for the effort and difference she makes to the centre. Amanda then reviewed our achievements over the last year and introduced our Gift Aid scheme
## **Whitewell Bottom Community Centre**
## **Treasurer’s Report**
## 2025 Accounts
Points for Trustees to note
- Our expenditure exceeded our income by around £10,000 and our reserves reduced by circa £10,000 accordingly
- Our room hire income reduced by around £4,000 from the previous year
- Our expenditure on equipment and sundries increased by around £3,400 from the previous year
- Our income from events and fundraising increased by around £1,650 from the previous year
- Therefore, a net income from room hire and fundraising **drop** of circa £2,350 and a spending **increase** of £3,400.
**Whitewell Bottom Community Centre CIO No (if any) 1178687 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a**
**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/01/2025 31/12/2025
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**20,280**
**2,750**
**8,577**
**346**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**31,954**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**31,954**
**12,779**
**-**
**2,155**
**2,035**
**4,317**
**-**
**1,579**
**3,246**
**4,911**
**4,554**
**6,158**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**41,735**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**41,735**
**- 9,782**
**-**
**23,317**
**13,535**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**20,280**
**2,750**
**8,577**
**346**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**31,954**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**31,954**
**12,779**
**-**
**2,155**
**2,035**
**4,317**
**-**
**1,579**
**3,246**
**4,911**
**4,554**
**6,158**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**41,735**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**41,735.29**
**- 9,782**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Room Hire|**20,280**|||||**24,354**|
|Grants/Sponsorship|**2,750**|||||**42,763**|
|Fundraising/Donations|**8,577**|||||**6,617**|
|Bank interest|**346**|||||**282**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**31,954**|||||**74,016**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**74,016**|
||||||||
|Wage costs|**12,779**|||||**11,323**|
|Refreshments|**-**|||||**-**|
|Stationery,Postage,Tel/Int|**2,155**|||||**1,360**|
|Insurance|**2,035**|||||**2,005**|
|Repairs and cleaning|**4,317**|||||**11,953**|
|Solar installation|**-**|||||**21,120**|
|Equipment|**1,579**|||||**140**|
|Sundry|**3,246**|||||**1,298**|
|Social Events/Fundraising|**4,911**|||||**2,668**|
|Water|**4,554**|||||**3,567**|
|Heat and Light|**6,158**|||||**8,099**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**41,735**|||||**63,533**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**63,533**|
||||||||
||**- 9,782**|**-**|
**-**|**- 9,782**||**10,483**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**23,317**|**-**|**-**|**23,317**||**12,834**|
||**13,535**|**-**|
**-**|**13,535**||**23,317**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
Bank - Treasurers Account
Bank - Liquidity Account
Petty Cash
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**2,903**
**-**
**10,628**
**-**
**4**
**-**
**13,535**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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## **L A S**
**LUMB ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES**
Chartered Certified Accountants
## **WHITEWELL BOTTOM COMMUNITY CENTRE CIO, WHITEWELL BOTTOM, ROSSENDALE**
## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Whitewell Bottom Community Centre, Whitewell Bottom, Rossendale.**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Whitewell Bottom Community Centre for the year ended 31 December 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Whitewell Bottom Community Centre you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Martin Urquhart FCCA Lumb Accountancy Services Limited Chartered Certified Accountants New Hall Hey Business Centre New Hall Hey Road Rawtenstall BB4 6HL
14 April 2026
Lumb Accountancy Services Limited New Hall Hey Business Centre, New Hall Hey Road, Rawtenstall BB4 6HL Phone: 01706 560013 Mob: 07792 150456 martin@lumbaccountants.co.uk www.lumbaccountants.co.uk
Managing Director: Martin Urquhart FCCA
Company No: 08804065 Registered office as above Registered in England