# SADDLEWORTH OUTDOOR PURSUITS ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 702185
- **Other names:** THE BOARSHURST CENTRE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 31, 1989
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=702185


## Contact

- **Address:** Saddleworth outdoor Pursuit Centre, Greenfield, OLDHAM
- **Postcode:** OL3 5AT
- **Phone:** 07885210400
- **Email:** info@boarshurstcentre.org.uk
- **Website:** www.boarshurstcentre.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF OUTDOOR FACILITES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME AND EDUCATIONAL OCCUPATION FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY OF GREATER MANCHESTER AND ELSEWHERE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OR SUCH PERSONS.

**Activities:** SOPA provides a 32 bed outdoor activity centre on the outskirts of Oldham, in greenfield Saddleworth.

**Area of benefit:** THE COUNTY OF GREATER MANCHESTER AND ELSEWHERE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Education/training, Accommodation/housing, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** 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



## Areas of operation

- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West & Chester
- Lancashire
- Oldham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 31, 2025 | £28624 | £21350 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2024 | £18742 | £15123 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2023 | £19217 | £19251 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2022 | £19030 | £13245 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2021 | £14520 | £7223 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Mark mcLoughlin** (Chair) — appointed March 12, 2001
- Janice Guest — appointed Jan. 1, 2019
- MARK JOHN JONES — appointed Aug. 1, 2024
- PAM BYRNE
- Trevor Baxter — appointed March 1, 2024