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Registered charity (CIO) · Carlisle

The Belah Centre

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £42k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport and 2 more
Where
Cumbria
Website
www.belahcommunitycentre.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£42k£64k
  • 2024£35k£71k
  • 2023£58k£57k
Earlier years
  • 2022£44k£54k
  • 2021£59k£51k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 30%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF CARLISLE AND IN PARTICULAR THAT AREA KNOWN AS BELAH DISTRICT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OF OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITY, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. 2. TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE, (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE CIO), AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITY, SUCH A CENTRE FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND PROMOTION OF ACTIVITIES BY THE CIO, AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTIVES.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

11.6y median 12y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 8Education/training 8General Charitable Purposes 8

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£42k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1157033
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Association Registered 13 May 2014
Contact on the register
01228548748 · Stuart.Watson@carlisle.gov.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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