TWICS TRAINING FOR WORK IN COMMUNITIES

Registered charity 1085977 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TWICS

The Companies Activities are to: - Empowering people to take an active role in their communities through encouragement, advice and training. TWICS work is primarily targeted at groups and communities that are most disadvantaged and have the least access to other training opportunities.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WITHIN PRINCIPALLY THE CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WHO HAVE DISABILITIES OR WHO ARE OTHERWISE DISADVANTAGED THROUGH POVERTY OR OTHER ADVERSE SOCIAL CONDITIONS.

Area of benefit: CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

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

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £157,112, which is above the stated policy target of £30,000. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £109,437 for the year, funded primarily by grants and contracts from Southampton City Council and the Joint Commissioning Unit.

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: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03863035 · Financial health read from its filings

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Southampton City Council — “We are supported by Southampton City Council.” (source page)

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.

• LEWZEY, Paul Graham — director, appointed 21/12/2021on trustee list
• OWEN, Carol Ann — director, appointed 10/11/2016on trustee list
• PAGE, Michael James — director, appointed 10/11/2016on trustee list
• SCOTT, Vilma May — director, appointed 08/11/2004on trustee list
• CHAMBERS, Christiane — secretary, appointed 01/10/2009

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Graham Lewzeychair
• Barbara Hancock
• Carol Ann Owen
• Michael James Page · trustee of 1 other charity
• VILMA MAY SCOTT · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Southampton City

Income and spending

Common questions

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 TWYN COMMUNITY HUB.

• TWYN COMMUNITY HUB income £134k
• TRANSFORM TRAINING LTD income £170k
• QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £1.8m
• ACTIVE COMMUNITIES NETWORK LIMITED income £1.9m
• TWINS TRUST LTD income £1.3m
• THREE13 TRAINING AND ENTERPRISE LTD income £534k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.