INTERACT CHELMSFORD LIMITED

Registered charity 1048631 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INTERACT

Activities & opportunities to support children & young people with additional needs/disabilities, their families/carers & the wider community. Including training & workshops to improve peoples' emotional, mental health & well-being; friendship, leisure & learning clubs & activities, befriending & peer support; increasing awareness & reducing the stigma associated with disability.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£236k
Latest spending
£341k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £105,217 for the year ending 31 March 2025, with total income reduced to £235,541. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £92,248 are currently sufficient to cover three months of operating costs, but the charity faces a challenging funding climate that may significantly reduce these reserves in the coming year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
InterAct is dependent on a wide range of funding sources including grant making trusts, statutory agencies and community fundraising. — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £92k; policy: three months of operating costs)
With total expenditure this year of £340,758, current unrestricted funds of £92,248 represent 3 months of operating costs.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
We do have some breathing space with our current reserves, but without significant improvement in funding, these reserves will be significantly reduced further during 2025/26.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £939
A provision for deficit contributions to the InterAct pension scheme is included within the accounts. The net present value of all future expected deficit contributions as at the year-end amounted to £939. — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£236k£341k
31/03/2024£312k£342k
31/03/2023£377k£375k
31/03/2022£319k£336k
31/03/2021£368k£307k

Common questions

Is INTERACT CHELMSFORD LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £105,217 for the year ending 31 March 2025, with total income reduced to £235,541. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £92,248 are currently sufficient to cover three months of operating costs, but the charity faces a challenging funding climate that may significantly reduce these reserves in the coming year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England28/08/2013£9kBActive
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/05/2013£46k"Mills, Mortars and Marriage's"
The National Lottery Community Fund18/01/2006£3kAwareness Campaign
The National Lottery Community Fund19/10/2005£96kCircles of Support for learning disabled young people