WEST VIEW ADVICE AND RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1084632 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of comprehensive benefits advice,focusing on providing free, confidential, independent advice in relation to: welfare benefits, debt, money management, housing issues, employment law, energy efficiency and general advice. The Community Centre provides a venue for use by groups, addressing isolation, loneliness, promoting healthy eating and exercise, catering for all age groups.

Objects

4. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: (1) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF HARTLEPOOL AND ITS SURROUNDING RURAL AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITY, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS; AND (2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF THE RESIDENTS OF NORTH EAST ENGLAND AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) HARTLEPOOL WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, AND WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, TO PROVIDE ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT ON A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING WELFARE RIGHTS AND BENEFITS, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, DEBTS AND BUDGETING.

Area of benefit: WEST VIEW AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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 free reserves stood at £33,309, which is below the trustees' stated prudent target of approximately six months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a net income increase to £20,044 and held total net assets of £152,488, with the independent examiner confirming no matters requiring attention were found during the examination.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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 profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVE WISEchair
• CHRISTOPHER SIMMONS
• Clare Clark · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gareth Wayne Hammond
• Kay Tranter
• Paul Thompson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Penelope Thompson
• Victoria Wilson

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY ADVICE AND LAW SERVICE LTD.

• COMMUNITY ADVICE AND LAW SERVICE LTD income £4.2m
• NOTTINGHAM AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.8m
• CITIZENS ADVICE IN NORTH & WEST KENT income £2.1m
• MARY WARD LEGAL CENTRE income £1.5m
• CITIZENS ADVICE CAERPHILLY BLAENAU GWENT income £6.8m
• DOVER DEAL AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £368k

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