PAC –POSITIVE ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1088536 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PENDLE ACTION FOR THE COMMUNITY

, Please see attached annual report & accounts document for details of activities specific to this financial year.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:- TO PROVIDE PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE NORTH OF ENGLAND WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, AND LOCAL INHABITANTS IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS: (I) THE PREVENTION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY. (II) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS WHO THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED AND UNABLE TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE OR SUPPORT SCHEMES WHERE SUCH PERSONS MAY ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP VOCATIONAL SKILLS WHICH WILL ENHANCE THEIR EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS THEIR PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. (III) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS. (IV) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND GUIDANCE UPON QUESTIONS OF UNEMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, DOMESTIC ABUSE, SAFEGUARDING AND SOCIAL WELFARE AND RELATED TOPICS (V) TO ASSIST PERSONS OF LIMITED MEANS IN CASES OF SOCIAL HARDSHIP OR ECONOMIC MISFORTUNE UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS WHETHER OR NOT MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY TO FIND APPROPRIATE LIVING ACCOMMODATION AND WHILST SO DOING TO PROVIDE WHERE POSSIBLE TEMPORARY SHELTER IN PROPERTIES MANAGED BY THE CHARITY FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: PENDLE

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £12,714 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total charitable funds decreasing to £778,316. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves equate to approximately 3-4 months of core running costs, which is below their stated policy target of 6 months. Despite the deficit, the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Smith & Goulding Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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 — Positive Action in the Community (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Neal Stonechair
• ANDREW DEWHURST
• Elizabeth Campbell
• Karen Broadhurst · trustee of 1 other charity
• NICOLA CLAIRE BARROW

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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