Purple Oak Support

Registered charity 1040832 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ANDOVER & DISTRICT MENCAP, ANDOVER AND DISTRICT MENCAP, ANDOVER AND DISTRICT MENCAP LTD

Provision of advice, practical support and care, plus leisure and supported work activities for people of all ages with a learning disability, physical disability or mental health support need who live within Andover and Southern England. Also campaign for the rights of our beneficiaries and provide individual advocacy support.

Objects

The company is established primarily for the relief of those persons within the Area of Benefit with learning disabilities, but also for those with physical disabilities and mental health-related needs, including by providing, procuring or facilitating care, services and support.'Area of Benefit' shall mean Andover and Southern England.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE ANDOVER AND ITS NATURAL CATCHMENT AREA.

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

Causes: Disability · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small cash surplus of £23,805 excluding depreciation, contrasting with substantial losses in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the charity has a strong foundation for the coming year, though it remains reliant on successful negotiations with commissioners for fee rates and contract extensions. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hysons Audit Services Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02962601

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Purple Oak Support (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Ann Woods — Trustees Chair (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

• CANNON, Sean — director, appointed 28/07/2026not on trustee list
• WELLS, Louise Amanda — director, appointed 03/12/2025not on trustee list
• HOLLIS, Jeremy — director, appointed 12/11/2024on trustee list
• PARKIN, Amanda Anne — director, appointed 27/09/2022on trustee list
• BIRD, Katherine Anne — director, appointed 24/09/2019on trustee list
• WOODS, Colin John — director, appointed 18/07/2017on trustee list
• WOODS, Ann — director, appointed 13/06/2001on trustee list
• ATKINS, David Anthony — director, appointed 23/11/1994not on trustee list
• ROGERS, Lisa Jayne — secretary, appointed 30/08/2024

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Purple Oak Support — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 13/03/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (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).

• Opportunities for Adults and Children: Not Rated · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANN WOODSchair
• Amanda Anne Parkin
• Colin John Woods
• DAVID ANTHONY ATKINS BEM
• Jeremy Frederick Hollis
• Katherine Anne Bird

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

Operates in: Hampshire · West Berkshire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PURPLE PLAYHOUSE.

• THE PURPLE PLAYHOUSE income £305k
• HAVERING ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES income £131k
• THE PURPLE PENGUIN CLUB income £249k
• PURPLE ELEPHANT FAMILY SUPPORT CIO income £158k
• SHROPSHIRE PEER COUNSELLING AND ADVOCACY SERVICE income £185k
• THE OAK FOUNDATION income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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