COMMUNITY HELP AND NEIGHBOURLY CARE FOR EVERYONE

Registered charity 1071418 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C.H.A.N.C.E.

CHANCE is a community based organisation, based in the heart of an identified high area of deprivation, offering activities to increase confidence, and self-esteem, via a programme of events and courses. Providing fun activities, which have an impact on social isolation, anti-social behaviour, criminal activities and enhance community cohesion. Our centre provides support and a training centre.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CENTRAL WARD EAST OF SANS STREET IN THE CITY OF SUNDERLAND AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS ON A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS(B) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME, WHETHER DONE IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY IN FURTHERANCE OF THOSE OBJECTIVES(C) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC

Area of benefit: CENTRAL WARD EAST OF SANS STREET IN THE CITY OF SUNDERLAND AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £296,996, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining free reserves between £20,000 and £40,000. The trustees report that the charity is in a secure financial place, with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

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
• 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

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Yvonne Dixonchair
• Chelci Warwick
• Christine Stephen
• Diane Maven
• Joanne Duggan
• Maropeng Mashangoane
• Maureen Plunkett

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

Operates in: Sunderland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHANCE (UK) LIMITED.

• CHANCE (UK) LIMITED income £1.7m
• GIVE US A CHANCE income £567k
• THE COMMUNITY HUB income £141k
• ST CHAD'S COMMUNITY PROJECT income £766k
• Caring for Communities and People income £13.0m
• WORKING CHANCE LTD income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

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