The Newsome Centre (Phase 1) Purchase

Funded on
08 Jul 2023

Our Community Benefit Society is setting up a new Community Centre, Cafe & Event Space in the former St John's Church in Newsome, Huddersfield. Help us buy this building for the community.

£18,145 Raised of £17,768

118 Backers

102%

Updates

The Newsome Centre (Phase 1) Purchase published their Delivery Report!2 years ago

Great to see you all to celebrate hitting our Crowdfunder target3 years ago

It was good to meet people last night to celebrate hitting our Crowdfunder target. We'll aim to meet again when the building gets transferred from the Church of England to The Newsome Centre.

Still meeting at 6.30pm today3 years ago

We know it's a bit soggy but with umbrellas and probably meeting under the Lych Gate we are still going to be popping the Prosecco bottles to celebrate the successful end of our Crowdfunder today.

Crowdfunder Celebration Photocall - Wednesday 2nd August - 6.30pm3 years ago

We're going to meet outside St John's Church at 6.30pm on Wednesday 2nd August to mark hitting the Crowdfunder target. We'll be available to give people an update on progress to date on the sale of the building and next steps in this exciting community project. There will also be some fizz on hand! Please come along.

103 Donations worth £4,0883 years ago

110 backers!

110 people have backed The Newsome Centre (Phase 1) Purchase!3 years ago

Whoop, 110 people have pledged since fundraising began!

The Newsome Centre (Phase 1) Purchase hit its fundraising target!3 years ago

Brilliant news, thanks everyone!

Anonymous pledged £2433 years ago

3 years ago We've hit our target

100 backers!

100 people have backed The Newsome Centre (Phase 1) Purchase!3 years ago

Whoop, 100 people have pledged since fundraising began!

http://newsomecentre.co.uk

The Newsome Centre is a Community Benefit Society established in 2022. The board consist of representatives from the Church of England, Newsome Academy and local Kirklees Councillors. We have established the community benefit society with help from Cooperative Mutual Solutions Limited.

We have established our model rules and policies that we need to operate, hold regular Board meetings and have set up a bank account.

The purpose of a community benefit society is to serve the broader interests of the community, in contrast to co-operative societies that serve the interests of members. The 2014 Act requires a community benefit society to “carry on a business, industry or trade” that is “being, or intended to be, conducted for the benefit of the community”. But the Act does not provide any further definition or description of what a community benefit society is, creating a reliance on the FCA’s registration guidance. The FCA focuses on four key characteristics of a community benefit society:

Purpose: The FCA says that “the conduct of a community benefit society’s business must be entirely for the benefit of the community.” There can be no alternative or secondary purposes, including any that may preferentially benefit the members.

Membership: In common with all societies, community benefit societies normally have members who hold shares and are accorded democratic rights on the basis on one-member-one-vote. The FCA says “it is not usually appropriate for a community benefit society to give any particular group of members greater rights or benefits, because the society must be conducting its business for the benefit of the community. So, for example, we would expect to see community benefit societies run democratically on the basis of one-member-one-vote.

Project Owner: The Newsome Centre The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.