UNIQUE WAYS

Registered charity 1109413 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CALDERDALE PARENTS AND CARERS, CPCC, THE CALDERDALE PARENT AND CARER'S COUNCIL

We directly support Parent Carers of disabled children and young people to create positive change in family life.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO PROVIDE RELIEF AND SUPPORT TO CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND/OR SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEED, THEIR PARENTS AND CARERS BY WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL AGENCIES PROVIDING SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO SAID PERSONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING SERVICES AND PROMOTING POSITIVE ACCESS, SOCIAL INCLUSION, PROTECTION AND WELLBEING OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: CALDERDALE

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

Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £38,377 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £118,809. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £53,743 were held at year-end, which is below the agreed policy target range of £60,000 to £120,000.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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 — Unique Ways (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council — “Calderdale MBC provide finances that enable us to deliver some of our core support services, including most of our current courses for paren…” (source page)
• Lloyds Bank Foundation — “They provide both financial and practical assistance for charities like Unique Ways, and we’re very grateful for their ongoing support.” (source page)
• North & East Halifax Ward Forum — “The forum also provides grants to services and organisations that benefit the ward – including Unique Ways.” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emma Poyser-Buxton
• Jemma Enright
• Richard Harry Hall
• Vikki Darby

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WAY UK.

• WAY UK income £210k
• THE WORTH FOUNDATION LIMITED income £653k
• DOWNRIGHT EXCELLENT income £224k
• SINCERE SUPPORT income £122k
• BECOME CHARITY income £2.0m
• STAND BY ME income £3.0m

Side by side with its peers

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