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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Who leads it
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
- Catherine Inglis since 2014
- David Morton since 2014
- Gareth Ellis since 2014
- Janice Harrison since 2014
- MRS Lesley Wilson since 2014
- Nicolle Baker since 2017
- Patricia Mary Vasey since 2014
- Steven Bowditch since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Catherine Inglis since 2014
- David Morton since 2014
- Gareth Ellis since 2014
- Janice Harrison since 2014
- MRS Lesley Wilson since 2014
- Nicolle Baker since 2017
- Patricia Mary Vasey since 2014
- Steven Bowditch since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Catherine Inglis since 2014
- David Morton since 2014
- Gareth Ellis since 2014
- Janice Harrison since 2014
- MRS Lesley Wilson since 2014
- Nicolle Baker since 2017
- Patricia Mary Vasey since 2014
- Steven Bowditch since 2014
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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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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
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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