APPLECAST LIMITED — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 1 April 2008
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 05758480
Financial period: 31 March 2024 – 30 March 2025
Latest income: £1,143,159
Latest expenditure: £1,081,965
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Eco Centre, Cobbs Brow Lane, Newburgh, WIGAN, WN8 7SF

Website recorded by the regulator: castnw.net (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

CAST NW provides educational opportunities, training, entry to employment courses and constructive leisure opportunities to clients as a means of increasing social inclusion, promoting employment and reducing offensive and anti-social behaviour. CAST provides individual learning plans leading to nationally accredited educational programmes through OCN course including information technology.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 31 March 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 27 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 27 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,143,159
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,081,965

Fin Period Start Date: 31 March 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 29 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 29 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,068,406
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,031,064

Fin Period Start Date: 31 March 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 27 February 2024
Date Accounts Received: 27 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,075,744
Total Gross Expenditure: £998,590

Fin Period Start Date: 31 March 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 30 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 30 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £956,488
Total Gross Expenditure: £819,446

Fin Period Start Date: 31 March 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 3 February 2022
Date Accounts Received: 3 February 2022
Total Gross Income: £713,864
Total Gross Expenditure: £745,830
Accounts Qualified: Yes

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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: 31 March 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 27 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,143,159
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,081,965
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 4
Count Govt Grants: £0
Income From Government Contracts: 561630
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: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 31 March 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 29 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,068,406
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,031,064
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 5
Count Govt Grants: £0
Income From Government Contracts: 835758
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: No
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: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 31 March 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 27 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,075,744
Total Gross Expenditure: £998,590
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: No
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: 8

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 31 March 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 30 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £956,488
Total Gross Expenditure: £819,446
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 3
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Income From Government Contracts: 525505
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 7

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 31 March 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 3 February 2022
Total Gross Income: £713,864
Total Gross Expenditure: £745,830
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 4
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Income From Government Contracts: 573808
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: No
Count Volunteers: 10

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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: 31 March 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 27 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 25000
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 1094259
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 23900
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1143159
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,081,965
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1081965
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 22218
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,657,256
Assets Total Fixed: 1169280
Assets Own Use: 1169280
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £595,758
Assets Total Liabilities: £107,782
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,657,256
Creditors One Year Total Current: 82782
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 25000
Assets Cash: £310,083
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1507004
Funds Restricted: 150252
Funds Total: 1657256
Count Employees: 26
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 31 March 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 29 January 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 25000
Income Other Trading Activities: 51400
Income Charitable Activities: 992006
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1068406
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,031,064
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1031064
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 24958
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,457,012
Assets Total Fixed: 1156690
Assets Own Use: 1156690
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £556,998
Assets Total Liabilities: £117,625
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,596,063
Creditors One Year Total Current: 67625
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 50000
Assets Cash: £350,801
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1457012
Funds Restricted: 139051
Funds Total: 1596063
Count Employees: 14
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 31 March 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 27 February 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 109608
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 949192
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 16944
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1075744
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £998,590
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 998590
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 27495
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £580,708
Assets Total Fixed: 1053013
Assets Own Use: 1053013
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £657,148
Assets Total Liabilities: £151,440
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,558,721
Creditors One Year Total Current: 76440
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 75000
Assets Cash: £497,384
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1423797
Funds Restricted: 134924
Funds Total: 1558721
Count Employees: 17
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 31 March 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 30 January 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 13202
Income Other Trading Activities: 88752
Income Charitable Activities: 525504
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 329030
Income Total Income And Endowments: 956488
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £819,446
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 819446
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 21274
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,403,464
Assets Total Fixed: 995556
Assets Own Use: 995556
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £551,053
Assets Total Liabilities: £65,042
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,481,567
Creditors One Year Total Current: 65042
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £313,998
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1403464
Funds Restricted: 78103
Funds Total: 1481567
Count Employees: 22
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 31 March 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 3 February 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 71066
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 609324
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 33474
Income Total Income And Endowments: 713864
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £745,830
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 745830
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 11852
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 11223
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £149,321
Assets Total Fixed: 954083
Assets Own Use: 954083
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £436,392
Assets Total Liabilities: £45,950
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,344,525
Creditors One Year Total Current: 45950
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £249,321
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1318775
Funds Restricted: 25750
Funds Total: 1344525
Count Employees: 24
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

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

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

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

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

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

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

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

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

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: APPLECAST LIMITED
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2008-04-01T00:00:00

Charity Name: APPLECAST LIMITED
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2017-01-16T00:00:00
Assoc Organisation Number: 514099
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 514099
Assoc Charity Name: RED APPLE COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 MARCH 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 14 DECEMBER 2007 AND 8 FEBRUARY 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18 AUG 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 30 NOV 2017
Charitable Objects: (1) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND DEVELOPING THEIR MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND MORAL CAPABILITIES; (2) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE TRAINING IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE PROVISION OF TRAINING TO DEVELOP VOCATIONAL SKILLS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE, FARMING, HORTICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; 3) TO ASSIST IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT ANY ORGANISATION WHOSE AIMS INCLUDE ADVANCING EDUCATION BY DEVELOPING THEIR MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND MORAL CAPABILITIES THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. WIGAN

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 485465
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: CAST NW LIMITED

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff