BOLTON WANDERERS COMMUNITY TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 21 February 2002
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 04323645
Financial period: 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025
Latest income: £1,526,891
Latest expenditure: £1,712,828
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: BOLTON WANDERERS FOOTBALL CLUB, Toughsheet Community Stadium, LOSTOCK, BOLTON, BL6 6JW

Website recorded by the regulator: www.bwct.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The Charity operates: to promote community participation in healthy recreation; to provide and assist in providing facilities for sport, recreation or other leisure time occupation of such persons who have need for such facilities; and to advance the education of the public.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 14 April 2026
Date Accounts Received: 14 April 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,526,891
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,712,828

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 31 March 2025
Date Accounts Received: 31 March 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,401,382
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,458,566

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 12 April 2024
Date Accounts Received: 12 April 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,424,186
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,328,524

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 23 March 2023
Date Accounts Received: 23 March 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,268,242
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,292,444

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 30 March 2022
Date Accounts Received: 30 March 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,012,879
Total Gross Expenditure: £866,261

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2026
Ar Received Date: 14 April 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,526,891
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,712,828
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £28,254
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 41

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Received Date: 31 March 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,401,382
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,458,566
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £59,891
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 22

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Received Date: 12 April 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,424,186
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,328,524
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £69,853
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 20

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Received Date: 23 March 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,268,242
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,292,444
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £96,228
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 28

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Received Date: 30 March 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,012,879
Total Gross Expenditure: £866,261
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £5
Income From Government Grants: £293,759
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 8

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2026
Ar Received Date: 14 April 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 985921
Income Other Trading Activities: 235700
Income Charitable Activities: 305270
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1526891
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £93,662
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,619,166
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1712828
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 30635
Expenditure Support Costs: 30635
Expenditure Depreciation: 12755
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £10,454
Assets Total Fixed: 37949
Assets Own Use: 21316
Assets Long Term Investment: 16633
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £333,915
Assets Total Liabilities: £179,655
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £192,209
Creditors One Year Total Current: 179655
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £53,949
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 14916
Funds Restricted: 177293
Funds Total: 192209
Count Employees: 59
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Received Date: 31 March 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 981360
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 420022
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1401382
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £79,748
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,378,818
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1458566
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 29744
Expenditure Support Costs: 29744
Expenditure Depreciation: 10406
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 863
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £134,038
Assets Total Fixed: 34071
Assets Own Use: 34071
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £479,545
Assets Total Liabilities: £135,470
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £378,146
Creditors One Year Total Current: 135470
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £286,846
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 140455
Funds Restricted: 237691
Funds Total: 378146
Count Employees: 56
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Received Date: 12 April 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 88355
Income Other Trading Activities: 213005
Income Charitable Activities: 1122826
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1424186
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £24,861
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,303,663
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1328524
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 19509
Expenditure Support Costs: 206736
Expenditure Depreciation: 9847
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £106,027
Assets Total Fixed: 17541
Assets Own Use: 17541
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £530,238
Assets Total Liabilities: £113,312
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £434,467
Creditors One Year Total Current: 113312
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £277,310
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 127673
Funds Restricted: 306794
Funds Total: 434467
Count Employees: 54
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Received Date: 23 March 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 1019213
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 249029
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1268242
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £5,525
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,286,919
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1292444
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 17805
Expenditure Support Costs: 17805
Expenditure Depreciation: 8194
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £92,212
Assets Total Fixed: 16303
Assets Own Use: 16303
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £605,979
Assets Total Liabilities: £283,477
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £338,805
Creditors One Year Total Current: 283477
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £385,325
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 114187
Funds Restricted: 224618
Funds Total: 338805
Count Employees: 55
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Received Date: 30 March 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 894300
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 118579
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1012879
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £5,331
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £860,930
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 866261
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 15638
Expenditure Support Costs: 20969
Expenditure Depreciation: 4987
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £72,313
Assets Total Fixed: 17620
Assets Own Use: 17620
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £654,080
Assets Total Liabilities: £308,693
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £363,007
Creditors One Year Total Current: 158693
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 150000
Assets Cash: £493,075
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 74538
Funds Restricted: 288469
Funds Total: 363007
Count Employees: 42
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Lancashire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Bolton
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater Manchester
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 110
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Amateur Sport

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: BOLTON WANDERERS COMMUNITY TRUST
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2021-01-27T00:00:00
Reason: Funds transferred (gi)
Assoc Organisation Number: 526223
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 526223
Assoc Charity Name: NATIONAL SCHOOL

Charity Name: BOLTON WANDERERS COMMUNITY TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2002-02-21T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 NOVEMBER 2001 AS AMENDED BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION DATED 26 MAY 2010 AND REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 16 JULY 2010, AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 6 JULY 2010 as amended on 20 Oct 2021
Charitable Objects: OBJECTS3 The Charity’s objects (“the Objects”) are for the benefit of the public generally and in particular (but without limitation) children and young people in the Greater Manchester, Lancashire and surrounding areas:-3.1 to promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for the playing of association football and other sports capable of improving health (“facilities” in this Article 3 means land, buildings, equipment and organising sporting activities);3.2 to provide and assist in providing facilities for sport, recreation or other leisure time occupation of such persons who have need for such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving their conditions of life; 3.3 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 part of society, as a result of being a member of a socially and economically deprived community.”)3.4 “to develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and economically disadvantaged community of Bolton in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society”.3.5 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) cultivating a sentiment in favour of equality and diversity.3.6 to advance the education of the public through such means as the trustees think fit in accordance with the law of charity; and3.7 for the general purposes of such charitable bodies or for such other exclusively charitable purposes in each case as the trustees may from time to time decide.
Area Of Benefit: GREATER MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 662292
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: Bolton Wanderers in the Community

Charity Name Id: 377307
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: BOLTON WANDERERS FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY SCHEME

11 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures