BELFORD COMMUNITY GROUP CIO — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 4 July 2022
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £41,768
Latest expenditure: £32,049
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: BELFORD COMMUNITY GROUP, 13 HIGH STREET, BELFORD, NE70 7NG

Website recorded by the regulator: www.belfordvillage.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

For the public benefit within the area of Belford and Middleton and surrounding areas with the following objectives:-provision of recreational facilities for the public at large, the relief of financial hardship by recycling, advance public education in local heritage and culture, raise public appreciation of arts and crafts, protect the environment and to further other charitable purposes.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 3 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 3 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £41,768
Total Gross Expenditure: £32,049
Accounts Qualified: Yes

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 12 November 2024
Date Accounts Received: 12 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £40,679
Total Gross Expenditure: £30,423

Fin Period Start Date: 4 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 14 May 2024
Date Accounts Received: 14 May 2024
Total Gross Income: £37,770
Total Gross Expenditure: £43,753

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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 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 3 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £41,768
Total Gross Expenditure: £32,049
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading 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: Yes
Count Volunteers: 89

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 12 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £40,679
Total Gross Expenditure: £30,423
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading 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
Count Volunteers: 95

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 4 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 14 May 2024
Total Gross Income: £37,770
Total Gross Expenditure: £43,753
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading 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
Count Volunteers: 93

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Charity Area Of Operation

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

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

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

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

Classification Code: 116
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Recreation

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

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

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: BELFORD COMMUNITY GROUP CIO
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2024-08-29T00:00:00
Reason: Funds transferred (incor)
Assoc Organisation Number: 3992834
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1101621
Assoc Charity Name: BELFORD COMMUNITY GROUP

Charity Name: BELFORD COMMUNITY GROUP CIO
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2022-07-04T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 04 Jul 2022
Charitable Objects: FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHIN THE AREA OF BELFORD AND MIDDLETON AND SURROUNDING AREAS WITH THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS: (A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES.(B) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE RECYCLING AND PROVISION OF FURNITURE, CLOTHES, BOOKS, TOYS AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS.(C) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN LOCAL HERITAGE AND CULTURE.(D) TO ADVANCE, AND RAISE PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF, THE ARTS AND CRAFTS IN ALL THEIR FORMS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE DELIVERY OF AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL AND THE PROVISION OF A RANGE OF WORKSHOPS, CONCERTS AND OTHER EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.(E) TO PROTECT OR CONSERVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT.(F) TO FURTHER ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 655178
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: BCG

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries