Heart of Holbrooks

Registered charity 1059903 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as H C C A, HOLBROOKS COMMUNITY CARE ASSOCIATION, HOLBROOKS COMMUNITY CARE ASSOCIATION RESOURCE AND INFORMATION CENTRE

Outreach drop in information service covering a range of local and city wide services and amenities. welfare benefits, debt and general advice on a wide range of issuesUK Online centre offering community computer training and internet access for residents.Jobs Club and Employment Support. Community Events, Silver Surfers Computer Club, partnership community library

Objects

THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED TO (A) PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF HOLBROOKS AND SURROUNDING AREA (HERINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT")IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION IN A COMMON EFFORT TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND (B) TO EDUCATE AND ASSIST YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Area of benefit: HOLBROOKS AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity secured £209,489.98 in external revenue funding and spent £177,400.98 on service delivery, resulting in a net increase in reserves. The trustees report that the organization is managing finances on a long-term footing with security provided by National Lottery funding, although they note uncertainty regarding the future of the library service.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PJ Williams accountants. Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• ISABELLE OSBORNEchair
• ANN LUCAS
• Michael Brendan Duggan
• Sarah - Jane Evans
• Simon Groves

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

Operates in: Coventry City · Warwickshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BROOKSIDE CENTRAL (CIO).

• BROOKSIDE CENTRAL (CIO) income £126k
• HOLBROOK ANIMAL RESCUE income £151k
• SOUTH ESSEX COMMUNITY HUB income £191k
• FOREST COMMUNITY CENTRE (MELKSHAM) income £128k
• HOLBROOK COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £135k
• Hartlepool Vision Support income £160k

Side by side with its peers

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