COMMUNITY WORKS CIO

Registered charity 1096518 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CLOCK (YORKSHIRE) CIO, THE CLOCK (YORKSHIRE) LTD, THIRSK CLOCK

Based in Thirsk, Community Works supports people across North Yorkshire through community support, food provision, transport, wellbeing, volunteering, key work services, family services and social activities. Working alongside local partners, we help reduce isolation, improve health and wellbeing, strengthen community connections and enable people to thrive.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:3.1 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE (PRIMARILY IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHYORKSHIRE):(A) BY PROVIDING PREMISES AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS TO SUPPORT THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND TO INCREASE THEIR POTENTIAL FOR PLAYING A FULL PART IN THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY;(B) BY PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES AND CARE IN THEIR OWN HOME OR IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FOR PERSONS WHOSE LIFESTYLE IS LIMITED BY AGE ORDISABILITY;(C) BY SUCH OTHER MEANS (BEING CHARITABLE IN LAW) AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME CONSIDER APPROPRIATE.3.2 TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME CONSIDER EXPEDIENT.

Area of benefit: PRIMARILY IN THE COUNTY OF NORTH YORKSHIRE

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a decrease in resources of £4,441 for the year, with total expenditure of £549,661 against income of £548,300. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £211,359 at the year end, providing financial flexibility as the charity navigates funding pressures and rising costs.

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 4 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.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £80k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Community Works CIO — Deregistered, 1 registered location.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (75% 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: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/04/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (26/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (10/02/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (06/02/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Charles Trueman
• David Shorrocks
• GEORGINA TURTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Malcolm Sollitt
• Timothy Ward

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE).

• COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE) income £144k
• COMMUNITY ACTION NORFOLK income £559k
• COMMUNITY ACTION NORTHUMBERLAND income £886k
• COMMUNITY COUNSELLING (NORTH YORKSHIRE) LIMITED income £378k
• West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO income £478k
• EN:Communities CIO income £78k

Side by side with its peers

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