LOCAL AID FOR CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SPECIAL NEEDS

Registered charity 1104585 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LOCAL AID SWANSEA BAY

Activities and support for local children and community special needs including:Family support sessions & activities, Saturday Club for children with severe learning disabilitiesTraining for young people at risk of exclusion in our 4 Charity shopsYouth volunteering scheme -Buddies for young people with disability .OCN accreditation members of Children's University Learning Credits

Objects

(I) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL NEED AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN RESIDENT IN WEST GLAMORGAN AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT, SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING;(II) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, GOODS AND SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN WITH ANY SPECIAL NEEDS

Area of benefit: WEST GLAMORGAN

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operates four retail shops and an eBay store to generate income, supported by 40 retail volunteers contributing 10,000 hours. The trustees confirm that financial statements provide an accurate and fair view, prepared in accordance with the Companies Act and Charities Act.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW). 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
• 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
• 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 — Local Aid (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Corey Edwardschair
• Caroline Rawson
• Frances Rhian Davies
• Kay Howell · trustee of 1 other charity
• LINDSAY BREWIS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: City Of Swansea · Neath Port Talbot

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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