CLUB 21 (PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, POOLE)

Registered charity 1004423 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CLUB 21, CLUB 21 (FRIENDS OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, POOLE), CLUB 21 - FRIENDS OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITY (POOLE), FRIENDS OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED

CLUB 21 PROVIDES A TWICE WEEKLY PROGRAMME OF SOCIAL AND LEISURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, ENABLING MEET UP WITH FRIENDS ON A REGULAR BASIS AT A FAMILIAR BASE AND IN AND AROUND POOLE. FAMILY MEMBERS CAN HAVE REGULAR BREAKS FROM CARING AND INDIVIDUALS NOW LIVING MORE INDEPENDENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY, CAN MAINTAIN FRIENDSHIPS AND MAKE NEW CONTACTS.

Objects

(1) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN THE BOROUGH OF POOLE BY THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES INCLUDING HOLIDAYS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS. (2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN THE BOROUGH OF POOLE WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF POOLE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £8,427, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £3,000. Total incoming resources were £34,903 against total expenditures of £42,078, resulting in a net decrease in funds for the year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 03/06/2025, 215 days after the 31/10/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/12/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• AMANDA MASSARELLA
• ANDREA NETTLETON
• DENISE FOREY
• Emma Wray
• LINDA NICHOLAS
• PAUL NETTLETON
• ROSEMARIE LARCOMBE
• RUTH CROOK · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephanie Gregory
• Terence William Smyth

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Dorset · Poole

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MONDAY WEDNESDAY CLUB.

• MONDAY WEDNESDAY CLUB income £29k
• WALTON LEA PARTNERSHIP LIMITED income £912k
• BEDFORDSHIRE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES LTD income £599k
• WORKING TOGETHER (LUDLOW) LTD income £209k
• PAUL'S PLACE (SOUTH WEST) income £1.5m
• SOCIAL LIFE OPPORTUNITIES (SOLO) income £2.3m

Side by side with its peers

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