SUPPORTED COMMUNITY BUSINESS (SPECIAL NEEDS)

Registered charity 1079534 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCB, SUPPORTED COMMUNITY BUSINESS, SUPPORTED COMMUNITY BUSINESS (SPECIAL NEEDS) LIMITED

Our aim is to provide a therapeutic workshop for people with learning difficulties and disabilities who wish to experience the world of work using such avenues as a tool, to promote understanding of the world around them.The charity is organised by Trustees who meet regularly to manage its affairs. The staff deal with day to day administration.

Objects

The objects of the Charity are for the benefit of the public to promote the wellbeing, mental health, independence and social inclusion of adults with additional support needs, and to relieve the needs of their families and carers, primarily in Cheshire and the surrounding areas, by providing meaningful day opportunities, therapeutic workshops and community-based activities which foster personal growth, skills development and friendships, together with trusted support and respite, all in the interests of social care to improve quality of life and enable individuals to thrive.

Area of benefit: CREWE AND NANTWICH DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY OF CHESHIRE

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net incoming resource surplus of £33,510 for the year ended 31st August 2025, driven primarily by trading income of £309,311. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £366,321, a level the trustees consider satisfactory given the charity's recent relocation and need for resilience against unforeseen costs. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties regarding its financial sustainability.

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 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
• Complaints 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SCB (Special Needs) Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Mellor
• Anne Marie Xiourouppa
• Helen Laura Calvert
• Keith Mucklow
• Margaret Jane Beeston
• Michael Glyn Withenshaw

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BLYTH STAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED.

• BLYTH STAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED income £2.6m
• COMMUNITY CONNEX LTD. income £2.5m
• BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND COMMUNITY GROUP income £112k
• MISSION EMPLOYABLE income £1.1m
• COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE income £207k
• Learning Disability Network London Limited income £22.7m

Side by side with its peers

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