COMMUNITY ACCOUNTING PLUS

Registered charity 1080565 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C A PLUS

C A Plus supports charities and other voluntary sector organisations to manage themselves well, primarily through the provisions of training, advice and services in accounts, payroll and bookkeeping. It is one of a number of community accounting services across the country

Objects

“The objects of Community Accounting Plus (“the Objects”) are for the benefit of the public to:• Promote the efficiency and effectiveness of financial management within public benefit organisations by:o providing training, information and advice;o the provision of pro-active and accessible services offering practical help, advice, and support;o building the capacity of public benefit organisations, including the effective use of resources, through the sharing of information and best practice.• Advance education and training in management and administration in public benefit organisations.(“public benefit organisations” means charities (including their wholly owned subsidiaries), voluntary organisations, co-operatives, mutuals, CICs, CIOs and other forms of social enterprises)

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £12,169 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £228,822 to £216,653. The trustees state that the reserves position remains sound, representing approximately 3.7 months of annual expenditure, and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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 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 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Marshall
• BEV ANGELL
• Chris Skelly
• Graham Heal
• Linda Margaret Abbott · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lyndsay Hazel Millar
• Richard Almond

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CORNWALL COMMUNITY ACCOUNTANCY SERVICE.

• CORNWALL COMMUNITY ACCOUNTANCY SERVICE income £61k
• PARTICIPATE PROJECTS income £627k
• COMMUNITY MONEY ADVICE LTD income £512k
• NHANCED COMMUNITIES income £182k
• COMMUNITY SOUTHWARK income £1.4m
• DERBY COMMUNITY ACCOUNTANCY SERVICE income £69k

Side by side with its peers

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