GROWING TOGETHER NORTHAMPTON

Registered charity 1107071 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLACKTHORN GOOD NEIGHBOURS, BLACKTHORN GOOD NEIGHBOURS LTD

To promote the benefit of inhabitants of Blackthorn and the surrounding area.To support and assist the development of residents living in the neighbourhood and, as a resource for the whole community,to address some of the social problems on the estate through volunteering and local action.To establish and maintain two facilities at Blackthorn and to promote the facility as a hub for community

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS, NORTHAMPTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND WHERE APPROPRIATE THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN NEED, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS

Area of benefit: BLACKTHORN

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains in a healthy financial position with unrestricted reserves of £359,891 at March 2026. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to cover four to six months of running costs, and the organization secured further three-year Lottery funding to ensure financial stability. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, confirming compliance with accounting records and standards.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~7.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lewis Bevanchair
• Adrian Turner
• Carolyn Joyce Long
• Clive Bacchus
• Geraldine Clancy-Tipton
• Hazel Lewis
• Joy Hemingway
• Lesley Easton

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GROUNDWORK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.

• GROUNDWORK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE income £1.4m
• NORTHAMPTON TOWN FC COMMUNITY TRUST income £1.4m
• THE BLACKTHORN TRUST income £693k
• WOODTHORPE DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £307k
• MELTHAM SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP LIMITED income £134k
• TESTLANDS income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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