CATALYST STOCKTON ON TEES LIMITED

Registered charity 1083231 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STOCKTON BOROUGH VOLUNTARY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, STOCKTON ON TEES VOLUNTARY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, SVDA

We have a vision of a coherent and single sector, working together in partnership to shape and deliver the services the community in the Borough of Stockton on Tees need. We want to build on the ethos of support and partnership inherent within the sector by extending this to enable organisations to work together in sourcing funds and opportunities.

Objects

To promote all or any Charitable purposes for the benefit of the Community within the Area of Benefit and in particular the advancement of education, the furtherance of health and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness.Without limitation to the generality of the foregoing to provide support for organisations with Charitable objects in order to assist these organisations in their charitable work.To promote and organise co-operation in the advancement of these purposes and to bring together in Council representatives of the voluntary organisations, statutory authorities and individuals within the Area of Benefit.To build the capacity of Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector organisations and provide them with the necessary support, information and services to enable them to pursue or contribute to any charitable purpose; provided that in pursuing the objects. To promote community cohesion; to promote; organise and facilitate co-operation and partnership working between Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector, statutory and other relevant bodies in the achievement of the above purposes within the area of benefit.

Area of benefit: THE BOROUGH OF STOCKTON AND ITS SURROUNDING DISTRICTS

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 unrestricted reserves increased to £402,644, with free reserves of £179,976 exceeding the board's target of £130,000. The charity reported a net income of £2,570 and budgeted for a deficit in the following year to utilize the excess reserves. The auditors confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified 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 audited by Anderson Barrowcliff Limited. 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04016295

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WARDLE, Angie — director, appointed 11/09/2025on trustee list
• COXON, Andrew Curtis — director, appointed 11/09/2025on trustee list
• WORKMAN, Ann Sarah — director, appointed 14/09/2023on trustee list
• WALES, Paul Andrew — director, appointed 17/02/2023on trustee list
• FEARN, Michael, Dr — director, appointed 10/09/2020on trustee list
• MARSHALL, Christopher David — director, appointed 14/09/2017on trustee list
• OWENS, Lucy Jane — secretary, appointed 12/07/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Coxon
• Angie Wardle
• Ann Sarah Workman
• Christopher David Marshall
• Dr Michael Fearn
• Paul Andrew Wales
• Robert Cook · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Stockport County Community Trust.

• Stockport County Community Trust income £976k
• COMMUNITY SOUTHWARK income £1.2m
• HESTERS WAY PARTNERSHIP LTD income £515k
• TEES VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.2m
• MANCHESTER COMMUNITY CENTRAL income £2.2m
• SOUTHEND ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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