LAW, LEISURE AND LEARNING

Registered charity 1091447 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Deliver training courses in ICT, Basic Skills, capacity building, and ESOL.Personal DevelopmentProgrammes, Team buiding skills along with sports, Free drop-in service for impartial legal advice, job search, CV Writing, further Education, childcare and social and welfare advisory.Recycling: paint and other discontinued lines distrubuted free to, community, community projects and schools.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE WEST MIDLANDS IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THOSE RESIDENTS IN HANDSWORTH, WEST BROMWICH AND WINSON GREEN (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "AREA OF BENEFIT") BY THE PROVISION AND FACILITATION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING(B) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE(C) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT AND WELFARE OF INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF MEDIATION SERVICE TO ASSIST PEOPLE IN RESOLVING DISPUTES WITHOUT THE NEED FOR LITIGATION(D) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT AND WELFARE OF INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF A LAW CENTRE FOR PEOPLE WITH LEGAL PROBLEMS

Area of benefit: WEST MIDLANDS

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 the charity reported a net deficit of £9,708 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £35,618. The trustees' report confirms a policy to hold minimum reserves necessary to meet commitments for a minimum period of three months. Per the independent examiner's report, no matters came to attention that would prevent a proper understanding of the accounts.

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.

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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sara Natassia Antoniachair
• PETER LENNON

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Sandwell · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).