CUMBRIA CEREBRAL PALSY

Registered charity 1110076 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CUMBRIA CEREBRAL PALSY SOCIETY

The charity operates a day centre for adults with complex physical and learning disabilities within Carlisle. The charity also runs four shops which generate an income from donations that are sold on. The charity receives grant income on behalf of individuals in the community.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE CARE AND WELFARE OF THOSE WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AND SIMILAR CONDITIONS, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN CUMBRIA, BY THE PROVISION OF SERVICES, SUPPORT AND TRAINING TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO, SERVICES RELATING TO HEALTH CARE, WELFARE, MEDICAL TREATMENT, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, ACCOMMODATION AND ADVICE.

Area of benefit: PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN CUMBRIA.

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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Registered contact address: Cumberland, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £54,282 for the year, driven by a £48,000 increase in recurrent costs that outpaced income growth. While unrestricted reserves of £282,149 exceed the stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£137,625), the trustees acknowledge that reserves are insufficient relative to the charity's high fixed cost base and ongoing financial pressures.

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: Care Quality Commission. 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05386416

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cumbria Cerebral Palsy (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WOODMAN, Anthea — director, appointed 22/03/2023on trustee list
• HALSALL, Suzanne — director, appointed 03/01/2023on trustee list
• HUNTLEY, Susan — director, appointed 01/04/2019on trustee list
• WOODCOCK, Nigel — director, appointed 01/04/2019on trustee list
• HARPER, John — director, appointed 21/11/2012on trustee list
• THOMSON, Elaine Margaret — director, appointed 21/11/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

CQC provider record: Cumbria Cerebral Palsy — Deregistered, 1 registered location.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 45.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elaine THOMSONchair
• Angela CARR
• Anthea Woodman
• John Harper
• Judith sellars
• Nigel Woodcock
• Susan Huntley
• suzanne halsall

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CEREBRAL PALSY PLUS.

• CEREBRAL PALSY PLUS income £225k
• STOCKPORT, EAST CHESHIRE, HIGH PEAK, URMSTON & DISTRICT CEREBRAL PALSY SOCIETY income £3.8m
• Cerebral Palsy Cymru income £1.7m
• CMSS income £805k
• ACTION CEREBRAL PALSY income £54k
• CARLISLE MENCAP income £2.6m

Side by side with its peers

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