COMMUNITY CARE OPTIONS

Registered charity 1013819 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMCO

Care and welfare for people with a disability consisting of a range of services.Services we provide are supported living and outreach for learning disabilities, mental health, physical disabilities. Counselling.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES WHO ALSO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS DUE TO MENTAL ILLNESS,CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR PATTERNS AND PROFOUND PHYSICAL AND/OR SENSORY DISABILITIES)

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bolton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves of £425,282 were held at the year-end, which is above the trustees' policy target of approximately £355,534 representing six months of unrestricted operating costs. The charity reported a small net surplus of £521 for the year, with total income of £705,405 against charitable expenditure of £704,884.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02642512

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• FLAHERTY, Stephen Mather — director, appointed 09/03/2026on trustee list
• ELLIS, Graeme Richard — director, appointed 24/02/2026on trustee list
• HANLEY, David Arthur — director, appointed 05/01/2026on trustee list
• INSTONE, Judith Helen — director, appointed 02/06/2025on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Community Care Options — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 21/04/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• 1-3 The Courtyard, Unit 24: Good (03/05/2023) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Arthur Hanley
• Graeme Richard Ellis
• Judith Helen Instone
• Stephen Mather Flaherty

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

Operates in: Bolton

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PARITY FOR DISABILITY.

• PARITY FOR DISABILITY income £1.9m
• OPTIONS FOR SUPPORTED LIVING income £11.7m
• DISABILITY STOCKPORT CIO income £1.5m
• IMAGINE ACT AND SUCCEED income £12.1m
• Crawley Community Action income £658k
• COMMUNITY EQUALITY DISABILITY ACTION income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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