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Castle Community Trust

  • Status

    Received: 19 days late

  • Income

    £288.1K

  • Spending

    £242.2K

Charity no. 108042 Company no. 629691 Date registered. 23/11/2021

Public benefits

What are the direct benefits flowing from your organisation's purposes? The direct benefits our better quality of life in our community, positive engagement with young people and residents providing educational and training opportunities provide a safe space for residents. How can the benefits identified above be demonstrated? The benefits can be

demonstrated by the number of residents receiving qualifications alongside the development of community groups providing a space for public meetings and young people’s development. Is there any harm arising from any of the purposes? no Who are the charity's beneficiaries? The residents including young people of lower North Belfast Is there any private benefit flowing from any of the purposes? Is it incidental and necessary? no

What your organisation does

The organisation provides community development initiatives, youth provision, training and education, children and family support, social enterprise, sporting opportunities, group development.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of citizenship or community development

Who the charity helps

  • Adult training
  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Community safety/crime prevention
  • Ex-offenders and prisoners
  • General public
  • Interface communities
  • Men
  • Mental health
  • Older people
  • Parents
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)
  • Tenants
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Victim support
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Women
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Community development
  • Community enterprise
  • Cross-border/cross-community
  • Cultural
  • Economic development
  • Education/training
  • General charitable purposes
  • Grant making
  • Heritage/historical
  • Human rights/equality
  • Sport/recreation
  • Urban development
  • Volunteer development
  • Youth development

This display is a broad summary of the charity’s financial information. For a full understanding of the charity’s finances, the reader should view the PDF accounts and reports under the Documents tab above.

  • Due documents received late information

  • This charity failed to provide information on its finances within 10 months of its financial year end. This information has now been received.

Income

£288.1K

Spending

£242.2K

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

OBJECTS 4. The Charity’s objects (“Objects”) are to promote the benefit of the inhabitants of North Belfast (the “area of benefit”) without distinction of gender, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity, or political, religious or other opinion by associating with voluntary and community organisations, statutory agencies and inhabitants in a common effort to:- (a) Advance community development by providing facilities and amenities for, and promoting co-operation and joint activities between, community, voluntary and sports organisations. (b) Provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and other leisure time occupations with the object of improving the conditions of life for those living in the area of benefit. (c) Advance education and training for the public benefit by organising classes and other forms of tuition. (d) Promote peace building, conflict transformation and capacity building for the public benefit and build and maintain social cohesion and trust within and between communities by: (i) devising and delivering transformation and capacity building training programmes; (ii) raising awareness, mutual understanding and respect; (iii) promoting and supporting projects and initiatives that help to achieve these aims. (e) Promote and support social enterprise and other sustainable means of achieving economic growth and regeneration.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name


  • 9 Trustees
  • 7 Employees
  • 20 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Jim, 7 St Aubyn Street, Belfast, BT15 3QF

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr Martin Hamilton
Miss Emma Mccalister
Miss Sharon Davidson
Ms Linda Kaunhoven
Mr James Laughlin
Mr Freddie Hoy
Mr James Clarke
Elsie Taggart
Mr Gavin Graham

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland
  • Belfast City Council